Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in tongues of praise, the high note that smashes the glass and spills the liquid.
Interpretation
Love requires active expression and cannot be contained or silenced.
This quote emphasizes that love is a powerful force that must be actively expressed rather than merely felt or subdued. It highlights that true love overflows in vibrant ways, making its presence known through passionate declarations and actions that resonate deeply with others.
In practice
This quote can be used in a wedding speech to emphasize the importance of expressing love.
What is remembered is not a deed in stone but a metaphor. Meta = above. Pheren = to carry. That which is carried above the literalness of life. A way of thinking that avoids the problems of gravity. The word won't let me down. The single word that can release me from all that unuttered weight.
Reading things that are relevant to the facts of your life is of limited value. The facts are, after all, only the facts, and the yearning passionate part of you will not be met there. That is why reading ourselves as a fiction as well as fact is so liberating. The wider we read the freer we become.
I have a list of titles that I leave at the [library] desk, because they are bound to be written some day, and it's best to be ahead of the queue.
Woolf wanted to say dangerous things in Orlando but she did not want to say them in the missionary position.
In that house, you will find my heart. You must break in, Henri, and get it back for me.' Was she mad? We had been talking figuratively. Her heart was in her body like mine. I tried to explain this to her, but she took my hand and put it against her chest. Feel for yourself.
History is a string full of knots, the best you can do is admire it, and maybe tie it up a bit more. History is a hammock for swinging and a game for playing.
You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.
Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
A flower without a stem, is beauty waiting to die. A heart without love, is a tear waiting to cry.
In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.
I'm not what you might call sexy, but I'm romantic. Let's put it that way.
We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. I want to hold you close like a lute, so that we can cry out with loving. Would you rather throw stones at a mirror? I am your mirror and here are the stones.
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