“It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so fleeting but it shines with significance. When each moment, each perception is brought out with care, unfolded like a precious gem from its layers of the softest tissue paper and laid in front of the beloved — turned this way and that, examined, considered.” WayMomentsCarePassionVoiceFrontsLoversPaperPerceptionShiningBelovedToneSignificanceLayersGlancesFleetingGemsTissuesTissue Paper Book:The Map of Love Source: The Map of Love
“I haven't come to you only to take , I haven't come to you empty handed : I bring you poetry as great as yours but in anther tongue , I bring you black eyes and golden skin and curly hair , I bring you Islam and Luxor and Alexandria and Lutes and tambourines and date-palms and silk rugs and sunshine and incense and voluptuous ways” WayEyeBlackHavensHairEmptySkinsIslamTongueGoldenSunshinePalmsSilkIncenseVoluptuousBlack EyesAlexandriaCurly Hair Book:In the Eye of the Sun Source: In the Eye of the Sun
