“Pleasure and pain at once register upon the lover, inasmuch as the desirability of the love object derives, in part, from its lack. To whom is it lacking? To the lover. If we follow the trajectory of eros we consistently find it tracing out this same route: it moves out from the lover toward the beloved, then ricochets back to the lover himself and the hole in him, unnoticed before. Who is the subject of most love poems? Not the beloved. It is that hole.” IfsLovePainMovingPleasureSubjectsObjectsLoversHolesBelovedConsistentlyLackingRoutesLove PoemsRegisterUnnoticedTrajectoryPain And PleasureErosTracingDesirabilityRicochet Book:Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay Source: Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay
“When love ends, the beloved is no longer standing on a pedestal, but in a hole.” LoveEndsStandingHolesBelovedPedestal Author:Mason Cooley
“Any mundane activity can become meditative. Digging a hole in the garden, planting new roses in the garden - you can do it with such tremendous love and compassion, you can do it with the hands of a buddha.” LoveHandsCan DoCompassionActivityGardenRoseHolesYou Can Do ItMundaneDiggingLove And CompassionDigging A Hole Author:Rajneesh
“Love is a hole in the heart.” LoveHeartLove IsLove YouHolesRomantic LoveBitter Love Author:Ben Hecht