Hah, well love is is the Alpha and Omega of the universe. Of course there's going to be a lot of thought put into it. And, of course you know what to feel about feelings; they're nice, but compared to the thing itself, it's mere window dressing.
But--goodness--I can't get through to you, can I? Don't worry about
feelings. You may as well worry about the wind; it will come and go. The
thing itself, love, is what's important, and that will be available quite
independent of passion.
By God, it is not. Affection may play its part, but love is a matter of
will, not feeling. [Third time's the charm. This girl must be very
young, to be seeking infatuation over reality.]
Nonsense. If you love someone, you do. Excuse the redundancy. Indeed, so
long as you seek one's good, or even so much as wish them will, you are
doing it already. Somehow I'm sure you're capable of that.
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It sounds complicated.
[She is starting to feel a little overwhelmed.]
Isn't there anything simple about just knowing if they've felt love at all?
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"They"?
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[She corrects herself as if it's obvious.]
I just don't know what love feels like besides maybe warm.
[Calling it warmth makes her feel weird but she can't think of another way.]
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[Laughs.]
That's common, yes; a stirring of the heart.
But--goodness--I can't get through to you, can I? Don't worry about feelings. You may as well worry about the wind; it will come and go. The thing itself, love, is what's important, and that will be available quite independent of passion.
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[She has no bases of comparison.]
Isn't love a feeling? I want to know about that feeling...
[It's that feeling that she's searching for, pray and hoping she can feel too.]
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By God, it is not. Affection may play its part, but love is a matter of will, not feeling. [Third time's the charm. This girl must be very young, to be seeking infatuation over reality.]
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[So she won't.]
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Nonsense. If you love someone, you do. Excuse the redundancy. Indeed, so long as you seek one's good, or even so much as wish them will, you are doing it already. Somehow I'm sure you're capable of that.
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[It doesn't feel like enough but it's a start and it's something. She smiles slightly and then nods her head.]
Thank you.
[She's sure it isn't so easy to talk to her about this considering her naivety.]