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when don't use the word love enough, and most of us don't love enough either.
posted by
Vanidad
on July 28, 2005 at 9:15 PM
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Once
Someone said to me, "I love a lot of people. If I were in love with you, I'd marry you." So if "in love" is a fading thing, then where's the basis for getting married? I haven't seen her since 1986, so it doesn't matter now.
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on July 28, 2005 at 9:04 AM
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Daisy...
I don't think the word love is as strong as everyone makes it out to be.
I don't think the word adequately describes the complete integration of two souls so that when one part leaves you feel like you are merely remnants of a being.
We say we love our brother who we'd jump off a cliff for and our friend who we'd jump off a cliff with and the cliff, itself.
Wide range, no?
For now, since I am no Shakespeare and cannot begin to develop an actual word that would mean the love you have so strongly when you are "in love" (which isn't a good enough description, either), this is the word we have to universally describe that selfless fondness in one respect and that selfish fondness in another.
posted by
phonetic_semen
on July 27, 2005 at 10:29 PM
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I dig what you're saying. BTW, anyone who works with David Lynch is fucking awesome in my world- he's my favorite director. Now if I could only find Eraserhead on DVD...
posted by
Psycho.Skinny
on July 27, 2005 at 5:02 PM
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