Once my love was so sincere and gentle.

我曾经那样真诚、那样温柔地爱过你。

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I think it was only once my love for him died, not long before we lost touch, that I became interested in other men again.

我们失去联系前不久，我移情别恋到其他的男人，这是唯一一次我他的爱消逝了。

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With the end of my love affair, I lost all the self-confidence I once had.

随着恋情的结束，我失去了所有曾经拥有的自信。

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And this is my way of telling a woman, like, look, we're willing to love but once we get hurt, it's hard for us to open up.

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Actually, as I said in my Halo 4 review series, once you peel back the layers you discover that the game is actually a love story.

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