One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
Aphra BehnRead
I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone.
Interpretation
As one matures, kindness becomes the most attractive quality in a partner.
Colin Farrell reflects on the qualities he values in a partner as he ages, emphasizing that kindness is paramount. While other traits like humor and a sense of adventure are also important, it is the consideration for others that truly stands out as the most appealing characteristic.
In practice
In a dating profile, you could use this quote to highlight the importance of kindness.
One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
The Army might screw you and your girlfriend might dump you and the enemy might kill you, but the shared commitment to safeguard one another’s lives is unnegotiable and only deepens with time. The willingness to die for another person is a form of love that even religions fail to inspire, and the experience of it changes a person profoundly.
The task is not to perfect yourself, it's to perfect your love.
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