WHAT LIES BEHIND US
AND WHAT LIES BEFORE US ARE TINY MATTER COMPARED,
TO WHAT LIES WITHIN US.
THE GREATEST THING YOU WILL NEVER LEARN.
IS TO LOVE AND BE LOVED IN RETURN I LOVE THEE, I LOVE BUT THEE,
WITH A LOVE THAT SHALL NOT DIE,
TILL THE SUN GROWS GOLD,
AND THE STARS GROW OLD.
TO BE IN LOVE IS MERELY TO BE,
IN A STATE OF PERPETUAL ANESTHESIA,
TO MISTAKE AN ORDINARY YOUNG MAN FOR A GREEK MAN,
OR AN ORDINARY YOUNG WOMAN FOR A GODDESS
TO LIVE IS LIKE TO LOVE,
ALL REASON IS AGAINST IT,
AND ALL HEALTHY INSTINCT FOR IT.
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW TRUE HAPPINESS
UNTIL YOU HAVE TRULY LOVED,
AND YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND,
WHAT PAIN REALLY IS,
UNTIL YOU HAVE LOST IT.
WHAT LOVE IS I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT THE RESPONSE OF OUR DEEPEST NATURE TO ONE ANOTHER.
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