Nature of love

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Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies.
Love is all truth, Lust full of forgèd lies.

William Shakespeare

Venus and Adonis

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Topic

Love and lust Nature of love Love Lust

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Venus and Adonis

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1593 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. London: Richard Field, 1593, I. 803.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Venus and Adonis." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

The half-life of love is forever.

Junot Diaz

This is How You Lose Her

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Junot Diaz

Source

This is How You Lose Her

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Diaz, Junot. "The Cheater's Guide to Love." This Is How You Lose Her. Riverhead Books, 2012.

Love is nothing but lust and cheating and lies.

The Seventh Seal

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Speaker

Jöns

Actor

Gunnar Björnstrand

Source

The Seventh Seal

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama

Language

Swedish

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

Love is two people mutually feeding each other, not one living on the soul of the other like a ghoul.

Bessie Head

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Speaker

Sello

Author

Bessie Head

Source

A Question of Power

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Head, Bessie. A Question of Power. Davis-Poynter, 1973, pt. 1.

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

Amelia E. Barr

The Belle of Bowling Green

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Nature of love Love

Author

Amelia E. Barr

Source

The Belle of Bowling Green

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Barr, Amelia E. The Belle of Bowling Green. Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1904.

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

C.S. Lewis

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

C.S. Lewis

Source

One Man Brains Trust

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Lewis, C. S. "Answers to Questions on Christianity." God in the Dock. Eerdmans, 1970, pt. 1, ch. 4, q. 1. Originally presented as the speech, "One Man Brains Trust" 18 Apr. 1944, Head Office of Electric and Musical Industries Ltd., Hayes, England, UK, q. 1.

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul, and makes us reach for more, that, plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me and what I hope to give to you forever.

The Notebook

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Speaker

Noah

Actor

Ryan Gosling

Source

The Notebook

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Notebook. Directed by Nick Cassavetes, Gran Via, 2004.

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Nature of love Love

Author

Ursula K. Le Guin

Source

The Lathe of Heaven

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Le Guin, Ursula K. The Lathe of Heaven. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Originally published in Amazing Stories, Mar. 1971 and May 1971.

But if you want true love, then this is it. This is real life. It's not perfect but it's real.

Before Midnight

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Topic

True love Nature of love Love

Speaker

Jesse

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Before Midnight

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

Love is holy because it is like grace-the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.

Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Marilynne Robinson

Source

Gilead

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I hold as suspect as love, for it penetrates the soul more than any other thing. Nothing exists that so fills and binds the heart as love does. Therefore, unless you have those weapons that subdue it, the soul plunges through love into an immense abyss.

Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose

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Topic

Dangers of love Nature of love Love

Author

Umberto Eco

Source

The Name of the Rose

Medium

Novel

Language

Italian

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Original Citation

Eco, Umberto. Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose]. Bompiani, 1980.

Current Citation

Eco, Humberto. The Name of the Rose, translated by William Weaver. HarperVia, 2014.

You know very well that love is, above all, the gift of oneself!

Jean Anouilh

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Topic

Nature of love Selflessness Love

Speaker

Countess

Author

Jean Anouilh

Source

Ardèle ou la Marguerite

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Anouilh, Jean. Ardèle ou la Marguerite. Directed by Roland Piétri. 1948, Comédie des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France.

Current Citation

Anouilh, Jean. "Ardele." Jean Anouilh: Five Plays. Vol. 2, Hill & Wang, 1966.

I never shied away from love's hugeness but I had no idea that love could be as reliable as the sun. The daily rising of love.

Jeanette Winterson

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Jeanette Winterson

Source

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Winterson, Jeanette. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jonathan Cape, 2011.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire;
It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great.

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

Source

Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules: Maximes d'Amour.

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1665 1660s 17th century

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Citation

De Bussy-Rabutin, Roger. Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules [Love history of the Gauls]. Cork: Editions à la Croix de Malte, 1665.

Love is a thing.
It is a prick, it is a sting,
It is a pretty, pretty thing;
It is a fire, it is a coal
Whose flame creeps in at every hole.

George Peele

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Nature of love Love

Author

George Peele

Source

The Hunting of Cupid

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1591 1590s 16th century

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Citation

Peele, George. The Hunting of Cupid. c. 1591.

Love, love, you know what love is? Love is an illusion created by lawyer types like yourself to perpetuate another illusion called marriage to create the reality of divorce and the illusionary need for divorce lawyers.

St. Elmo's Fire

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Topic

Cynicism about love Nature of love Love

Speaker

Kevin Dolenz

Actor

Andrew McCarthy

Source

St. Elmo's Fire

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Coming of age

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

St. Elmo's Fire. Directed by Joel Schumacher, Channel-Lauren Shuler, 1985.

Love wants to enjoy in other ways the human being whom it has enjoyed in bed; it looks forward to having breakfast. But in the morning Lust is always furtive.

Henry Fairlie

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Topic

Sex Nature of love

Author

Henry Fairlie

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Fairlie, Henry. "Lust or Luxuria." The Seven Deadly Sins Today. New Republic Books, 1978.

It's no good trying to fool yourself about love. You can't fall into it like a soft job, without dirtying up your hands. It takes muscle and guts. And if you can't bear the thought of messing up your nice, clean soul, you'd better give up the whole idea of life and become a saint.

John Osborne

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Topic

Challenges of love Nature of love Love

Speaker

Jimmy Porter

Author

John Osborne

Source

Look Back in Anger

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Osborne, John. Look Back in Anger. 1956, Royal Court Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Osborne, John. Look Back in Anger. Faber & Faber, 2015, act 3.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Topic

Relationship challenges Nature of love Love

Speaker

Lysander

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1599, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act. 1, sc. 1.

Love is a joint experience between two persons-but the fact it is a joint experience does not mean it is a similar experience to the two people involved. There are the lover and beloved, but these two come from different countries.

Carson McCullers

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

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Nature of love

Author

Carson McCullers

Source

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Medium

Novella

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

McCullers, Carson. "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe." Harper's Bazaar, 1943.

Current Citation

McCullers, Carson. "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe." The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe and Other Stories. Mariner Books, 2005.