So I be written in the Book of Love. I do not care about that Book Above. Erase my name, or write it as you will. So I be written in the Book of Love.
Interpretation
The speaker prioritizes love over societal or religious judgments.
In this quote, Omar Khayyam expresses a deep appreciation for love, suggesting that it holds more significance than traditional religious or social standings. The 'Book of Love' symbolizes a personal and emotional connection that transcends external validation, indicating that the speaker values intimate relationships more than conventional accolades or spiritual standings.
In practice
In a wedding speech to highlight the importance of love over societal expectations.
When you are so full of sorrow_x000D_ that you can't walk, can't cry anymore,_x000D_ think about the green foliage that sparkles after_x000D_ the rain. When the daylight exhausts you, when_x000D_ you hope a final night will cover the world,_x000D_ think about the awakening of a young child.
Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.
It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire,_x000D_ and is deprived of the light _x000D_ of a heart ablaze._x000D_ The day on which you are_x000D_ without passionate love_x000D_ is the most wasted day of your life.
So when that Angel of the darker Drink, at last shall find you by the river-brink,_x000D_ _x000D_ And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul forth to your Lips to quaff-you shall not shrink.
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate; And many a Knot unravel'd by the Road; But not the Master-knot of Human Fate.
He was at his own request and through his own complicity driven out of all his happinesses one after the other; and he had this sorrow, that after having lost Cosette wholly in one day, he was afterwards obliged to lose her again in detail.
We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they are incapable of doing things by themselves. To love someone is to reveal to them their capacities for life, the light that is shining in them.
What most did not understand then was that I was not only married to the man I loved, but I was also married to the movement that I loved.
If I said I was madly in love with you, I'd be lying and what's more, you'd know it.
Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.
O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven
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