The highest form of love is the love that allows for intimacy without the annihilation of difference.
Interpretation
True love embraces intimacy while respecting individual differences.
This quote emphasizes that the purest and most profound form of love fosters closeness and connection between individuals, yet it also honors the uniqueness and individuality of each person. In a healthy relationship, intimacy is built on mutual understanding and respect for each other's differences rather than attempting to erase or control them.
In practice
During a wedding speech, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of loving one another while maintaining individuality.
The academic bias against subjectivity not only forces our students to write poorly ("It is believed...," instead of, "I believe..."), it deforms their thinking about themselves and their world. In a single stroke, we delude our students into believing that bad prose turns opinions into facts and we alienate them from their own inner lives.
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Ah, me, if this is love, then how it torments.
In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression.
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So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.
When two mouths, made sacred by love, draw near to each other to create, it is impossible, that above that ineffable kiss there should not be a thrill in the immense mystery of the stars.
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