
Lecture IV, p. 107
The Duties of Women (1881)
Source: The White Queen
Lecture IV, p. 107
The Duties of Women (1881)
if that existed
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book One: The Revelation of the Deity
Section 5 : Love and Marriage
Founding Address (1876), Life and Destiny (1913)
Context: Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
Love is an echo in the feelings of a unity subsisting between two persons which is founded both on likeness and on complementary differences. Without the likeness there would be no attraction; without the challenge of the complementary differences there could not be the closer interweaving and the inextinguishable mutual interest which is the characteristic of all deeper relationships.
“The paradox is that no love can prove so intense
as the love of two narcissists for each other.”
“If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.”
Entre personnes sans cesse en présence, la haine et l'amour vont toujours croissant: on trouve à tout moment des raisons pour s'aimer ou se haïr mieux.
Source: The Vicar of Tours (1832), Ch. I.
“The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other.”