Author Archives: Attempted Love

Louis de Bernieres says love is not breathlessness…

“Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you … Continue reading

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Charles Bukowski says I loved you…

“I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of.” – Charles Bukowski, Love Is A Dog From Hell

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Willie Nelson sings the sky was never blue…

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Erich Fromm says love is a decision…

“Love is a decision; it is a judgment; it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can … Continue reading

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Sophocles says one word frees us of all the weight and pain of life…

“One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” ― Sophocles

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Barry Gibb sings I see your face again…

First time on the Grand Ole Opry.

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Nietzche says there is always some madness in love…

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

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