I've been thinking awhile on one of the great mysteries of human nature- love. As my nerdy self, I try to find scientific explanations for such things. I have created a list of symptoms, causes, and yes, even prevention strategies. Alas, I cannot continue to hold my research when I come along things such as these. Here I have collected a collage, if you will, of quotes about my research topic. A few have personal meaning, a few brought tears to my eyes. If this doesn't make you want to fall in love, I don't know what will.
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.
-Charles Caleb Colton
Love is a friendship set to music.
-Joseph Campbell
You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.
-Yvaine, Stardust
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
- Mother Teresa
Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.
-David Bryne...
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