No one's ever dared come out and say it before, but there's not a man among us that doesn't think it, that doesn't feel just as you do about her and the whole business - feel it somewhere down deep in his scared little soul.
Ken KeseyRead
People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.
Interpretation
Love is often perceived as just a feeling, but it also involves rational thinking.
In this quote, Ken Kesey suggests that love transcends mere emotions; it encompasses wise decision-making and good judgment. Rather than being a fleeting feeling, love requires understanding and thoughtful action, indicating that a healthy love is grounded in reason and mutual respect.
In practice
During a wedding speech, to highlight the importance of making wise choices in love.
No one's ever dared come out and say it before, but there's not a man among us that doesn't think it, that doesn't feel just as you do about her and the whole business - feel it somewhere down deep in his scared little soul.
His whole body shakes with the strain as he tries to lift something he knows he can't lift, something everybody knows he can't lift. But, for just a second, when we hear the cement grind at our feet, we think, by golly, he might do it.
You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.
But I remember one thing:_x000D_ _x000D_ it wasn't me that started acting deaf;_x000D_ _x000D_ it was people that first started acting like_x000D_ _x000D_ I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all
The job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.
If this glorious birth to death hassle is the only hassle we are ever to have ..if our grand exhilarating fight of life is such a tragically short little scrap anyway,compared to the eons of rounds before and after-then why should one want to relinquish even a few precious seconds of it?
When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster
Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another
Never stop smiling not even when you're sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.
Love changes everything. Days are longer, words mean more. Love changes everything. Pain is deeper than before. Love can turn your world around, and that world will last forever.
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