“Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.”
One of my most favorite quotations about love and it’s the kind of love I seek to find with another… I can say confidently that I have experienced it once this lifetime – many years ago with my first love… The initial passion, excitement may have died down but was replaced with a deeper passion, and a more honest, true, withstanding love, which is why we are still so close to this day… There is beauty in being with someone, experiencing moments of equal pleasure and pain — and continuing to be by their side. Not out of a sense of obligation – but because the love is genuine, and deep – hearts, souls intertwined with one another. I find, many times, especially with the fool hardy and less evolved — they can’t reach or maintain this type of love because the addiction to the intense passion that comes from the start of a relationship surpasses feelings of commitment and loyalty.
But then…what happens? Cycles of relationships…Latching onto one person for a time, before moving onto the next once the intensity dies down. That’s sad, for years can go by and you are left alone – looking back at all the bridges that have been burned along the way.
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