Monthly Archives: November 2013

Alfred Lord Tennyson says O love, O fire…

“O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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A.E. Housman says because I liked you better than suits a man to say…

“Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I’d throw the thought away. To put the world between us We parted stiff and dry: ‘Farewell,’ said you, ‘forget me.’ ‘Fare well, … Continue reading

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The Moody Blues sing we decide which is right and which is an illusion…

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Philip Larkin says in everyone there sleeps a sense of life lived according to love…

“In everyone there sleeps A sense of life lived according to love. To some it means the difference they could make By loving others, but across most it sweeps,  As all they might have done had they been loved. That … Continue reading

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Seamus Heaney says if self is a location, so is love…

“If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance, Here and there and now and then, a stance.” – Seamus Heaney, District and Circle

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Tom Robbins says security is out of the question…

“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and … Continue reading

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Thomas Hardy says love is a possible strength…

“Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.” – Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

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