“What we each fall in love with individually is, I believe, our moral, mental, and physical complement. Not our like, not our counterpart; quite the contrary; within healthy limits, our unlike and our opposite.” LoveBelieveFallI BelieveMoralHealthyLimitsOppositesFalling In LoveContraryComplementCounterparts Book:Falling in Love Source: Falling in Love
“It is certain that there is no other passion which does produce such contrary effects in so great a degree. But this may be said for love, that if you strike it out of the soul, life would be insipid, and our being but half animated.” IfsLoveMayDoeSaidSoulWould BeCertainPassionHalfEffectsProduceDegreesStrikesContraryAnimatedInsipidSoul Life Book:Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste Source: Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste