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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A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.
A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.
Love is suffering. One side always loves more.
Love is suffering. One side always loves more.
A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself read more
A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object? -Confucius.
Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object? -Confucius.
Love is not altogether a delerium, yet it has many points in common therewith.
Love is not altogether a delerium, yet it has many points in common therewith.
If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone read more
If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last read more
For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
