"Let love start this day. Let love end this day. Let love transform the minutes in between."
(Rachel Macy Stafford)
"Love it is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion.That is just being in love, which any fool can do.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two."
(Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres)
Writing prompts:
- Think about your day. Was there love in it? Write about love's presence or absence for six minutes. Set a timer.
- Have you experienced the 'temporary madness' of love, the 'erupting volcano', the 'breathlessness' and 'excitement'? Write about how it felt.
- Do you agree with what the author says about 'true love'? What does 'love' mean to you?
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