I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer. There are lovelier than you, lovelier. But you are the queen.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the idea that even if there are others who may surpass one in various aspects, the person addressed holds a unique and cherished position in the speaker's heart.
Pablo Neruda's quote highlights the concept of unconditional love and admiration. Despite acknowledging the presence of others who might excel in beauty, purity, or stature, the speaker emphasizes that the person they adore is the queen of their heart. This notion suggests that love transcends superficial qualities and celebrates the unique connection shared between two individuals.
In practice
In a romantic speech at a wedding, one might say, 'Remember, as I once said, you are my queen, unique and cherished above all.'
Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of this time puts its burning fingers to our faces. Who will erase the ruthlessness hidden in innocent blood?
I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of the cry. I want words as rough as virgin rocks.β - Verb.
Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands.
And here am I, budding among the ruins with only sorrow to bite on, as if weeping were a seed and I the earth's only furrow.
Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death the will to sprout.
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The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving.
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Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.
That idea is strange to me. People keep on loving? People keep on loving even if you are not there in their face everyday to remind them? People keep on loving even if they no longer see you at all? People keep on loving even if they are loving someone else? Impossible: to believe you can be loved in absence when you don't even know how it feels to be loved when you are there.
But see, the shepherds shun the noonday heat,_x000D_ _x000D_ The lowing herds to murmuring brooks retreat,_x000D_ _x000D_ To closer shades the panting flocks remove;_x000D_ _x000D_ Ye gods! And is there no relief for love?
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