“ You turned me down so easy that I am almost happy anyway… I really never expected any reward for loving you. I shall always hope though.
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Harry Truman, to his crush Bess, after the first (but not last) time she rejected his romantic advances. He fell in love with her when they met, at age 6. He went to school, started six businesses and served in the war, all to impress her.
Eventually, it worked.
