There was such an incredible logic to kissing, such a metal-to-magnet pull between two people that it was a wonder that they found the strength to prevent themselves from succumbing every second. Rightfully, the world should be a whirlpool of kissing into which we sank and never found the strength to rise up again.
Interpretation
Kissing has a natural and irresistible attraction that makes it hard for people to resist.
This quote by Ann Patchett highlights the profound and almost magnetic connection that exists between two people in love, suggesting that the act of kissing is an expression of this deep bond. The metaphor of the world as a 'whirlpool of kissing' emphasizes the beauty and allure of passion, implying that love should envelop us completely, making it difficult to escape its hold.
In practice
In a romantic setting, one might use this quote to emphasize the beauty of a relationship.
Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running neck and neck. It will vastly improve the quality of your own life, the lives of others, and the state of the world.
It was too much work to remember things you might not have again, and so one by one they opened up their hands and let them go.
Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?
Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for people we've never met, living lives we couldn't possibly experience for ourselves, because the book puts us inside the character's skin.
Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
Carmen prayed hard. She prayed while standing near the priest in hopes it would give her request extra credibility. What she prayed for was nothing. She prayed that God would look on them and see the beauty of their existence and leave them alone.
Every time you make a choice that expresses respect for life, you bring a little more love in your body, into your family, into our society, and into a world that is calling out for this blessing.
The eyes those silent tongues of love.
Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it
Bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience 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.
But nothing is so strange when one is in love (and what was this except being in love?) as the complete indifference of other people.
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