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21 " All lovers believe they are inventing love. "
― Anne Carson , Eros the Bittersweet
22 " Desire is not simple. In Greek the act of love is a mingling and desire melts the limbs. Boundaries of body, category of thought, are confounded. "
23 " Jealousy is a dance in which everyone moves, for it is the instability of the emotional situation that preys upon a jealous lover's mind. "
24 " As a sweet apple turns red on a high branch, high on the highest branch and the applepickersforgot— well, no they didn’t forget—were not able to reach "
25 " Suppression of impertinence is not the lover’s aim.Nor can I believe this philosopher really runs afterunderstanding. Rather, he has become a philosopher (that is, one whose profession is to delight in understanding) in order to furnish himself with pretexts for running after tops. "
26 " Suppression of impertinence is not the lover’s aim. Nor can I believe this philosopher really runs after understanding. Rather, he has become a philosopher (that is, one whose profession is to delight in understanding) in order to furnish himself with pretexts for running after tops. "