Learning Not to Desire Love
Dear [Mentat],
The word “loftier” may have been a bad choice. What I meant to say is that seeking to do better than [an unattractive mate] is to me, a more achievable (less lofty) goal than to attempt to rid ourselves of the need for love through any other means than sheer gratification [...]. It seems far less likely that I would ever stumble upon insights that would banish the love need from my heart, than it would be to actually find the girl for which my heart longs. So perhaps you don’t agree with this clarified version of the statement at all. 
Yes, only time will tell. I sincerely hope that you do figure out how to become self-actualized without a mate [in reference to Maslow's hierarchy of needs triangle]. It may be that someday, I’ll tire of the quest for my dream girl, in which case I’d become your student of how to reach the top of level five after having skipped level three.
