“Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.” RomanceLove IsExistenceDoomed Book:Love in the Western World Source: Love in the Western World
“To love in the sense of passion-love is the contrary of to live. It is an impoverishment of one's being, an askesis without sequel, an inability to enjoy the present without imagining it as absent, a never-ending flight from possession.” PassionEnjoyLove IsPossessionContraryFlightInabilityAbsentNever EndingSequelsLove Passion Book:Love in the Western World Source: Love in the Western World