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Context on what happened earlier: He made a comment about his philosophy on
becoming friends and she liked it.

> 「でも うん。私は好きかな。人が好きだから」
>
> 「奇遇だね、俺も人が大好きで仕方ないんだ」
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> 「そっか。 **私の方が好きだけどね** 」

However, I'm not quite sure what she means by 私の方が好きだけどね.

Is this like a "no no, I **love** them (more than you)". Or contrasting with
him using 大好き to say that she doesn't like them that much. Or is it something
else?
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Meaning of 私の方が好きだけどね
Without any context, （あなたより）私の方が好き can mean either of:

  * I love someone more than you love him/her.
  * Someone loves me more than he/she loves you.

But it doesn't mean "I love you more than I love someone." nor "I love someone
more than I love you."

In this context, this sentence means "I love people (=mankind in general) more
than you love people."

If one wants to say "I only _like_ them, not _love_ them." then it will be
something like 「私の方は単なる"好き"だけどね」「私は大好きというほどではないけどね」.

BTW, Isn't "I love them more than you" an ambiguous English sentence, too? :-)
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