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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Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.
The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height read more
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, -I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.
Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.
Those who ask for love in return are coolies demanding wages.
Those who ask for love in return are coolies demanding wages.
