Lebanese-American artist, poet, and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931)
Kahlil Gibran on loving in relationships
Alain de Botton over liefde
The most superficially irrational, immature, lamentable, but nonetheless common of all the presumptions of love is that the person to whom we have pledged ourselves is not just the center of our emotional existence but is also, as a result — and yet in a very strange, objectively insane and profoundly unjust way — responsible for everything that happens to us, for good or ill. Therein lies the peculiar and sick privilege of love
Alain de Botton over ‘mokken en pruilen’
Sulking pays homage to a beautiful, dangerous ideal that can be traced back to our earliest childhoods: the promise of wordless understanding. In the womb, we never had to explain. Our every requirement was catered to. The right sort of comfort simply happened