Crystallization

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Crystallization is a concept, developed in 1822 by the French writer Stendhal, which describes the process, or mental metamorphosis, in which the characteristics of a new love are transformed into perceptual diamonds of shimmering beauty.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Crystallization (love)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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