one of the greatest books I have read... some lines I got form it: We charm by coincidence rather than design. Sex is instinctive, unreflected, and spontaneous, while thought is careful, uninvolved, and judgmental. We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as ideal as we are corrupt. How could they be as divine as we had hoped when they have the bad taste to approve of someone like us? Being loved is always more complicated of the two emotions, Cupid's arrow greatly easier to send than receive. Perhaps it is not love we wanted after all, perhaps it was simply someone in whom to believe-but can we continue to believe in the beloved now that they believe in us? We would not love if there were no lack within us, but we are offended by the discovery of similar lack in the other. Romances are never as pure as those we imagine during long train journeys, as we secretly contemplate a beautiful person who is gazing out of the window-perfect love story interrupted only when the beloved looks back.. Classically beautiful woman should be left to men without imagination A subjective theory of beauty makes the observer wonderfully indispensable The whole language of love has been corrupted by overuse Was it not society, rather than any authentic urge, that was motivating me to pride myself on romantic love? Desperate needs bring about a hallucination of their solution: the need of love hallucinates a prince or princess.
Screw love I think we should start a thread by Arlie aka Horsefly with all his dating tips and wisdom and he can offer advice as well.
Its the first book I hae read that I went and highlighted lines out of it....great qoutes would you not agree?
It's much more romantic if you translate it to Stefan-speak (of crashed Enzo fame...) Ve-a cherm by cueencidence-a rezeer thun deseegn. Sex is insteenctife-a, unrefflected, und spuntuneuoos, vheele-a thuooght is cereffool, uneenfulfed, und joodgmentel. Ve-a fell in lufe-a becoose-a ve-a lung tu iscepe-a frum oooorselfes veet sumeune-a es ideel es ve-a ere-a curroopt. Hoo cuoold zeey be-a es deefine-a es ve-a hed huped vhee zeey hefe-a zee bed teste-a tu epprufe-a ooff sumeune-a leeke-a us? Beeeng lufed is elveys mure-a cumpleeceted ooff zee tvu imushuns, Coopeed's erroo greetly ieseeer tu send thun receeefe-a. Perheps it is nut lufe-a ve-a vunted effter ell, perheps it ves seemply sumeune-a in vhum tu beleeefe-a-boot cun ve-a ****eenooe-a tu beleeefe-a in zee belufed noo thet zeey beleeefe-a in us? Ve-a vuoold nut lufe-a iff zeere-a vere-a nu leck veethin us, boot ve-a ere-a ooffffended by zee deescufery ooff seemiler leck in zee oozeer. Rumunces ere-a nefer es poore-a es thuse-a ve-a imegeene-a dooreeng lung treeen juoorneys, es ve-a secretly ****emplete-a a beooteeffool persun vhu is gezeeng oooot ooff zee veendoo-perffect lufe-a stury interroopted oonly vhee zee belufed luuks beck.. Clesseecelly beooteeffool vumun shuoold be-a lefft tu mee veethuoot imegeeneshun (I don't necessarily agree with this one) A soobjecteefe-a zeeury ooff beooty mekes zee oobserfer vunderffoolly indeespenseble-a Zee vhule-a lungooege-a ooff lufe-a hes beee curroopted by ooferoose-a Ves it nut suceeety, rezeer thun uny oozeenteec urge-a, thet ves muteefeting me-a tu preede-a myselff oon rumunteec lufe-a? Desperete-a needs breeng ebuoot a hellooceeneshun ooff zeeur sulooshun: zee need ooff lufe-a hellooceenetes a preence-a oor preencess.
DUDE, he is probably watching fried green tomatoes, yaya sisterhood, first wives club, steele magnolias and gobbling down ben and jerry'd face it antony is being domesticated
