C. S. Lewis, because love is a risk https://t.co/PwdF1EXL3H
And that is why love is so terrifying, for to love is to see and to see is to die. But it is also the most delightful exhilarating experience in the whole world. For in the death of the ego is freedom, peace, serenity, joy.
Anthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in... See more
Alone Is Alone, Not Alive
“You should have let the flower of your love remain forever frozen as it was,” she said. “So beautiful at its peak. So much less painful.” But there was no such thing as love without fear. Love without vulnerability. Love without risk. “Not as beautiful as one that lives,” I whispered.