She leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. He mouth was cold, her lips rough from the winter wind, and if the mystics are right and we are doomed to repeat our squalid lives ad infinitum, at least I will always return to that kiss
Interpretation
This quote reflects on a profoundly memorable kiss that holds significance despite the harshness of life.
In this quote, David Benioff captures a fleeting yet impactful moment of intimacy, illustrating how a simple act like a kiss can hold deep emotional resonance. The juxtaposition of the cold, roughness of the lips against the warmth of the sentiment highlights the beauty of human connection even in a world that can often feel bleak and repetitive.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a romantic evening to emphasize the significance of a simple kiss.
The fire was silent, the little houses collapsing into the flames without complaint, flocks of sparks rising to the sky. At a distance it seemed beautiful, and I thought it was strange that powerful violence is often so pleasing to the eye.
Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.
Through [my friends] I discovered what it was to love people. There was an art to it...which was not really all that different from the love that is necessary in the making of art. It required the effort of always seeing them for themselves and not as I wished them to be.
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing.
Tis better to have love and lust Than to let our apparatus rust.
If one loves, one need not have an ideology of love.
And I, a materialist who does not believe in the starry heaven promised to a human being, for this dog and for every dog I believe in heaven, yes, I believe in a heaven that I will never enter, but he waits for me wagging his big fan of a tail so I, soon to arrive, will feel welcomed.
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