Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain _x000D_ shaking ancient oaks.
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Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses a deep yearning for connection and intimacy with a loved one.
In this quote, Sappho calls upon her beloved to stand before her, inviting them to share their beauty and grace openly. It highlights the vulnerability and strength that come with love, emphasizing the importance of facing one another honestly and embracing the emotional connection present in their relationship.
Themes
LoveConnectionIntimacyGraceVulnerability
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote during a wedding ceremony to emphasize the commitment between partners.
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All quotes βWhen I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses beneath my skin, and with my eyes I see nothing, and my ears hum, and a wet sweat bathes me and a trembling seizes me all over.
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Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
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Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
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