The girl who I will marry will have a heart so wise that in the hollow of her eyes my heart will want to tarry. The girl who will be mine will have skin so soft and tender, and when it comes December, her skin will be my wine.
Interpretation
The quote expresses deep admiration and longing for a partner with both wisdom and tenderness.
In this quote, Jacques Brel poetically illustrates his ideal vision of love, emphasizing the emotional depth and allure of a partner who possesses wisdom and sensitivity. The imagery used conveys a yearning for companionship that transcends physical attraction, suggesting that the essence of true love lies in the emotional and spiritual connection shared between partners.
In practice
In a wedding toast where you want to honor the couple's deep connection.
When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one that’s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension.
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
I married him against all evidence. I married him believing that marriage doesn't work, that love dies, that passion fades, and in so doing I became the kind of romantic only a cynic is truly capable of being.
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
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