“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no
survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to
survival.”
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be
wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it
intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully
round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock
it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that
casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be
broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love
is to be vulnerable."
“Appreciative love gazes and holds its breath and is silent, rejoices
that such a wonder should exist even if not for him, will not be wholly
dejected by losing her, would rather have it so than never to have seen
her at all.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
***
No comments:
Post a Comment