“Towards the outside, at any rate, the ego seems to maintain clear and sharp lines of demarcation. There is only one state -- admittedly an unusual state, but not one that can be stigmatized as pathological -- in which it does not do this. At the height of being in love the boundary between ego and object threatens to melt away. Against all the evidence of his senses, a man who is in love declares that "I" and "you" are one, and is prepared to behave as if it were a fact.” IfsMenLoveDoeStatesFactsSeemsLinesClearObjectsEgoEvidencePreparedRateSensesBoundariesHeightBehaveUnusualBeing In Love Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud
“Marriage has, for its share, usefulness, justice, honour, and constancy; a stale but more durable pleasure. Love is grounded on pleasure alone, and it is indeed more gratifying to the senses, keener and more acute; a pleasure stirred and kept alive by difficulties. There must be a sting and a smart in it. It ceases to be love if it has no shafts and no fire.” IfsLoveJusticeLove IsPleasureMarriageFireAliveShareSmartDifficultySensesCeaseHonourGroundedUsefulnessStaleConstancyPleasure Love Book:The Essays Source: The Essays