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The Agony of Eros: On Limerence - By Ava - Bookbear Express
[L]ove is not like a response to a simple stimulus such as a picture. It is not even a single enduring state, like being cold. It encompasses many things, including: not feeling in love at that moment; hunger; indifference; delight; wanting to be kind; wanting to impress; worrying over the logistics of meetings; lust; awe; surprise; joy; guilt; ang
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intense craving, wanting and needing.
Eckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Love is a mystery. When it is there, everything looks heavenly. When it is gone, everything looks simply stale, meaningless. You could not have lived without this woman, and now you cannot live with this woman. And both are authentic states.
Osho • Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: On Relationships, Sex, Meditation, and Silence
To be in love when the outcome is uncertain is an exquisite kind of agony.
Elizabeth Strout • Tell Me Everything
A crush is a powerful little vial of that pure feeling—the longing, the push and pull. In his poem “The More Loving One,” W. H. Auden compared unrequited love to looking up at the stars, observing their beauty while knowing full well they “do not give a damn.” But he wasn’t mad about it; he saw that that’s how it should be, and anyway, he was more ... See more
Faith Hill • A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself
For the very state of “being in love” is a state of idealization, where the other person is not really viewed through the eyes of reality.