July 2009
12 posts
“What is love? What is marriage? A person with whom to share your loneliness?...”
– From the Journal of Sheila Grove, The Harrad Experiment by Robert H. Rimmer
“Focus on what’s most important, and everything else will fall into place.”
“Acts of true love are like special effects in movies. The best ones, no one...”
“I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a...”
– Ovid
Living Poetry
Cleaning out some of my old stuff, I found one of my old journals. And in it, I found poetry. Since poetry is often associated with romanticism, I wanted to address the issue — as an example of what not to do.
Anything can be romantic in the right context, but in general, writing poetry isn’t. It’s an excuse to not take action. And true romanticism is about showing your...
“What they love to yield they would often rather have stolen. Rough seduction...”
– Ovid
To Mother
“It’s someone ye’ll never have heard of. Her name on earth was Sarah Smith and she lived at Golders Green.”
“She seems to be … well, a person of particular importance?”
“Aye. She is one of the great ones. Ye have heard that fame in this country and fame on earth are two quite different things.”
“… And who are all...
something hurts, something within your left breast
I wiki’d “heartache” on and it directed me to “love sickness”
“Love sickness is a non-medical term used to describe mental and physical symptoms associated with falling in love.
Historically, love sickness has been viewed as a mental illness brought on by the intense changes associated with love. Universally acknowledged polymath Avicenna, a Persian,...
“If you would be loved, be loveable.”
– Ovid
Hopefully Hopeless
When you dream big, your dream is inevitably beyond your own power to reach. If that’s not the case, you’re either not dreaming big enough or not being honest with yourself. For this reason, all effort is futile and hopeless. No matter what you do, something could always foil you.
On the other hand, there’s always the possibility that the something that does control it...
