July 2, 2007
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Defining Love
Recently I was talking to a friend, who asked me “define love.” It was a side issue to the main point of the conversation, but big enough to vanish into for hours, so I just said that nobody yet had ever managed to define love.
I think that was true, even though my intention was to avoid the question.
But the question stayed with me, because exanining or defining love and its complications has always been a major theme with authors, in fact it’s important to most people.
What are your thoughts on the matter?
Comments (8)
I don’t think it’s really possible to define love in a way that would apply to everyone. However, it is possible to define how love affects you as an individual. It does serve as a basis of some sort of truth :]
Oh certainly for sure, love is the most abstract of all abstract nouns. It is virtually impossible to define. Well at least that is what I think.
Great question though! I will be thinking about it for awhile.
Hugs, Tricia
lol. This entry is great. Oh. I’m going to have to think about that for a while, though. = D
Did you comment on my entry today? … Anyway, thank you.
Happy 4th of July!!
Love is the reslt of someone/something sparking happiness in you and when it dies the hope that it will return does not.
The greatest love of all is the one that weakens the soul and leaves a burning flame that will last forever–I got this from The Notebook. I like their love. It’s beautiful.
RYC: Son called from Oxford today and said the lecturer at Oxford briefly mentioned the Fourth of July, but assured him that all Americans were still welcome. I hope for us Americans and Brits that our history is all water under the bridge, as they say.
I am halfway through the book. I will blame you, of course, for all the summer school reading I am not doing. Your book is wonderful and has made it’s way to the top of my stack every night. I have preconceived notions of what will happen with your young girl and her hardy companion, but I don’t know, maybe it is just how my mind works… and it is really still a mystery to me, so don’t spoil the ending.
Hugs, Tricia
Wow, it’s just weird, because on Monday I was asked to define love. I tried, but it was hard.