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Romance Quotes
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Marianne Williamson, Enchanted
Love
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 "I don't minimize the need for
psychological work, but as necessary as it can be, purely analytical
understanding is not the ultimate meaning of intimacy. In fact, I thing
we should avoid the temptation to pathologize relationships so much. It
can tempt us to insidiously avoid the real experience of love."
— Many thanks to my friend and
colleague
Lorraine Coburn, MSW, without whom I'd have missed out on this
wisdom for lack of adequate the stretching I needed to do here.
Marya Mannes
"All really great lovers are
articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual
seduction."
— I'm probably a little biased on
this one.
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Cosmopolitan, "Ways to
Say 'I Love You' Without a Word," Jennifer Benjamin (May 2002)
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"A study at Clark University in
Worcester, Massachusetts, proved that when total strangers hold eye
contact for an extended period of time, they start to feel affection for
one another even if they haven't spoken."
— So much for folks who insist, "I
never said that." Also fodder for those who claim they "never heard it."
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Ursula K. Le Guin
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"Love doesn't just sit there, like a
stone; it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new."
— I've often mused at how reasonable
and expected it seems to get our annual physicals, have the oil changed
in our cars every 3,000 miles, and send our chronometers to Switzerland
for complete maintenance every 4 to 5 years, yet "a relationship
shouldn't have to be this much work!"
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Katherine Hepburn
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"Only the really plain people know
about love. The very fascinating ones try so hard to create an
impression that they soon exhaust their talents."
— When Hollywood icons speak from
their core competencies, that gets my attention.
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