“I tell you, 'tis incredible to believe
How much she loves me: O, the kindest Kate!
She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss
She vied so fast, protesting oath on oath,
That in a twink she won me to her love.
O, you are novices! 'tis a world to see,
How tame, when men and women are alone,
A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew.
Give me thy hand, Kate: I will unto Venice,
To buy apparel 'gainst the wedding-day.
Provide the feast, father, and bid the guests;
I will be sure my Katharina shall be fine.”
–The Taming of The Shrew, Act 2, Scene i
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“Boy, however we do praise ourselves,
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn,
Than women’s are.”
–Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene iv
My personal favorite is something that I heard years ago. I believe it is I Corinthians 13. I don’t know all the verses, but it hits something inside when I hear it.
“Here’s to the trees and flowers in bloom.
You in my arms and I in your room.
A bird and a bottle and a bed badly tossed.
A door that is locked and a key that is lost.
And a night that’s a thousand years long…”
One of my all time favorites.
Thank goodness I’ve had a few nights like that in my life. It makes all of the times alone bearable.)
Starting each day, I shall remind myself
to reach out and touch you, gently,
with my words, my eyes and with my fingers,
because I don’t want to miss feeling you…
You know, I’m really convinced
that if you were to define love,
the only word big enough
to engulf it all would be ‘life’–
LOVE IS LIFE–in all its aspects…
And if you miss love, you miss life!
>Leo Buscaglia
I really feel this way about the guy I’m with now…
and Wrath, the full quote is:
Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Doubt the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar,
but never doubt thy love.
- Shakespeare’s Hamlet