Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
George SandRead
When I tried to draw near, you dissolved into air before my lips could touch you...
Interpretation
This quote expresses the frustration of yearning for someone who seems unattainable.
The quote captures the anguish of pursuing love, highlighting the ephemeral nature of affection and connection. It emphasizes a sense of longing, where the speaker feels a deep desire to connect with another person, yet encounters an inherent distance or elusiveness that prevents true closeness.
In practice
A heartfelt message to a partner expressing feelings of frustration in a relationship.
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
Humanity is outraged in me and with me. We must not dissimulate nor try to forget this indignation, which is one of the most passionate forms of love.
Young love needs dangers and barriers to nourish it.
Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores?
Some say that cats are devils, but they behave badly only when they are alone. When they are among us cats are angels.
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness-simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain.
I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.
She grinned at me. 'You got types?' 'Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.
As a pastor, I am bound by a divine command to give my life for those whom I love, and that includes all Salvadorans, even those who are going to kill me.
Why is the measure of love loss?
It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
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