Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin
I think most people say I love you in the temporary madness stage and in their rush they tend to do silly things like get engaged and married. But as time goes on they realise that they aren't as compatible as they thought they were and it all rips appart. I think that is why divorce rate is so high, people marry because the other person makes them feel good over common interests and future goals.
I think there have been three people who I really loved that made me feel like that quote above, but we were too young in the end and looking back now, I see they couldn't quite give me what I really need.
I think being in love is the most wonderful feeling in the world and after the six months stage that feeling will come and go but the friendship you will have built is what will prove the test of time.
Except I've managed to get men that want to commit then they run away when things get tough. If this whole roots thing is true then they are more shallow than I thought!!!
I don't get it. I mean, why did they fuck with the formula? Where are the car songs? There's only one song about surfing and it's a downer!
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