Due to a divide within the Unsocial Graces clique, we have been discussing what love means to us. Half of us ladies are deeply and madly in love, the other half confused and heartbroken. Trying to pin point what love is in words is like trying to write a maths thesis when you cannot even pass at GCSE level – impossible, pointless and a ridiculous idea. However, we think Louis de Bernières comes as close to capturing love in words as is possible in his book Captain Corelli's Mandolin which explores many varieties of love. He writes:
“When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it 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 desire to mate every second of the day. It is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. No... don't blush. I am telling you some truths. For 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” (Iannis to Pelagia).
[Note: there are two versions of this quote, one from the book and a slightly different version from the movie]
What does love mean to you? Can you put it into words? And should we even try?
Lots of Love
UG x x
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