The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.
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Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.
Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.
Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving read more
Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought, For these are the things Jesus taught.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's read more
Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love read more
Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
The essence of love is getting out of oneself and into others. When we care less about our feelings, our read more
The essence of love is getting out of oneself and into others. When we care less about our feelings, our rights, our happiness, our security, etc., and begin to concern ourselves with the feelings, rights, happiness, and security of others, we will have found the true power of love.”
Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in read more
Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.
It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes read more
It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You’re not alone.
