Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
Alan AldaRead
Listen- all that she was then, all that she is now, those gestures, everything I remember but won't or can't articulate anymore, the perfect words that are somehow made imperfect when used to describe her and all that should remain unsaid about her- it is all unsupported by reason. I know that. But that enigmatic calm that attaches itself to people in the presence of reason- it's something from which I haven't been able to take comfort, not reliably, not since her.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects on the profound and often unexplainable feelings one has for someone special.
Elliot Perlman expresses the complexity of emotions associated with a significant person in his life, highlighting how words often fail to capture the essence of those feelings. Despite knowing that reason cannot fully justify or explain these emotions, he acknowledges the comfort that comes from the presence of someone meaningful, which he struggles to find after their absence.
Themes
LoveEmotionsMemoryRelationshipsLoss
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the power of love and loss.
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