Horror jolts me when I look at one of you and see a pair of beautiful eyes that make me think your mind might contain a world that could hold me as the bolts shake loose and fly from my frame.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep emotional reaction to someone's beauty paired with the fear of being vulnerable in a complex emotional world.
In this quote, Henry Rollins conveys the intense feelings evoked by someone's beauty, contrasting the allure of their eyes with the horror of the vulnerability that comes from such attraction. It suggests that the beauty of this person not only fascinates him but also petrifies him with the realization that their mind holds unknown depths that could either enchant him or lead to emotional chaos.
In practice
This quote can be used in a romantic speech where one reflects on the intensity of love and attraction.
Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of their contempt. The frenzy to buy cheap crap from China, the human downgrade of people fighting with each other over items they can probably live without, to me, is an insult.
Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.
Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable listening to a song at a time via 7-inch single is enjoying the sublime state of solitude.
When the Iron doesn't want to come off the mat, it's the kindest thing it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it wouldn't teach you anything.
If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.
If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you
I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling.
Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.
My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy.
This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.
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