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Thomas Hardy says to be loved to madness–such was her great desire…

“To be loved to madness–such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial which could drive away the eating loneliness of her days. And she seemed to long for the abstraction called passionate love more than for … Continue reading

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David Brooks says being in love can’t be done by a person in a self-oriented mind-set…

“Being in love can’t be done by a person in a self-oriented mind-set, asking: Does this choice serve me? Online dating is fascinating because it is more or less the opposite of its object: love. When online daters actually meet, … Continue reading

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Rose Franken says anyone can be passionate…

“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” – Rose Franken

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Ione Skye says unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time…

“Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time.  There are too many mediocre things in life.  Love shouldn’t be one of them.“ Ione Skye, Frankie in Dream for an Insomniac

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Susan Sontag says my emotional life: dialectic between…

“My emotional life: dialectic between craving for privacy and need to submerge myself in a passionate relationship to another.” – Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963

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Omar Kyayyam says it’s too bad if a heart lacks fire…

“It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire, and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze. The day on which you are without passionate love is the most wasted day of your life.” – Omar Kyayyam

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