Of Mandolins and Heroes and Love….Twu Wuv!

” when you fall in love,
it is a temporary madness,
it erupts like an earthquake then it subsides..
and when it subsides,
you have to make a decision,
you have to work it out,
whether your roots have become so entwined together,
that is inconceivable that you should ever part,
because this is what love is..

..love is not breathlesness,
it is not excitement,
it is not the desire to meet every second of the day..
it is not lying awake at night,
imagining that he is kissing every part of your body..
that is just being in love,
which any of us can convince ourselves we are..
love itself is what is left over,
when being in love has burned away..
doesn’t sound very exciting, does it?

but it is..
(taken from: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin)