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[As soon as Azalea sees this, she immediately thinks of Coco and how much she misses him. Her feelings for him come flooding back, so she wants to tell Terra all about it...but finds the description difficult to put together.]
Love...I know I've felt it, but it's not as easy to describe as I'd like it to be.
When you fall in love with someone...it's like they fill an emptiness within you that you didn't even know that you had. You feel...a strong attachment to them, and you can't imagine living life without them.
Love...I know I've felt it, but it's not as easy to describe as I'd like it to be.
When you fall in love with someone...it's like they fill an emptiness within you that you didn't even know that you had. You feel...a strong attachment to them, and you can't imagine living life without them.
Poets and philosophers have been trying to define love for as long as we've had them; it's a bit hard to pin down, and I'm sure you'll get plenty of different answers.
As for me, I've always liked the "sincere, unselfish wish for the ultimate good of another person" definition. Or animal, or whatever it is that's being loved.
Of course, other emotions often get involved, which is part of the problem when it comes to finding an easy definition. Affection, attraction, attachment, that sort of thing.
As for me, I've always liked the "sincere, unselfish wish for the ultimate good of another person" definition. Or animal, or whatever it is that's being loved.
Of course, other emotions often get involved, which is part of the problem when it comes to finding an easy definition. Affection, attraction, attachment, that sort of thing.
Love... Is complicated. Love lets us see the good in a person, even if others might not see it. Love makes you want to help them, be with them no matter what. Love is probably the best feeling one can ever have.
However love is also something that hurts when one is betrayed by someone they care for with all of their heart.
However love is also something that hurts when one is betrayed by someone they care for with all of their heart.
Jerry, of all people, has it nearly right. Amazing! "Let the wisdom of age speak", I suppose. I'd like to add on to his response.
Yes, love is the bound and earnest will for its object's good. To accomplish that, you must know the object (for it is very hard to love what you don't know), have some idea of its potential (the culmination of its good), and discern between good and evil. Knowledge, vision, and morality, in other words.
Naturally there will be sentiments which help or hinder it along, at turns. Eros, or erotic love, has quite the cocktail of these. But it's important to distinguish between the surrounding euphoria and love itself. A few silly people have talked as if love were all feeling. They are wrong. It's will, which will continue to love without the aid of the feelings if need be. Besides, those who depend upon feeling for love often get divorced.
And there are so many degrees and kinds of love, too. The ultimate is Agape, but there's also need-love, gift-love, appreciative-love.
Yes, love is the bound and earnest will for its object's good. To accomplish that, you must know the object (for it is very hard to love what you don't know), have some idea of its potential (the culmination of its good), and discern between good and evil. Knowledge, vision, and morality, in other words.
Naturally there will be sentiments which help or hinder it along, at turns. Eros, or erotic love, has quite the cocktail of these. But it's important to distinguish between the surrounding euphoria and love itself. A few silly people have talked as if love were all feeling. They are wrong. It's will, which will continue to love without the aid of the feelings if need be. Besides, those who depend upon feeling for love often get divorced.
And there are so many degrees and kinds of love, too. The ultimate is Agape, but there's also need-love, gift-love, appreciative-love.
[Dante appears with more than a little smirk on his face.]
Ah, the time old question. What is love?? I don't know if this really helps but I'm reminded of one of the great poets of my world and a thing he wrote on the subject.
[He clears his throat, placing one hand on his heart and overacting the crap out of the next bit.]
I don't know why you're not there
I give you my love, but you don't care
So what is right?
And what is wrong?
Gimme a sign
What is love?
Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.
[He takes a moment, bows and pantomimes waving to an adoring audience because he's just that big of a dork.]
Ah, the time old question. What is love?? I don't know if this really helps but I'm reminded of one of the great poets of my world and a thing he wrote on the subject.
[He clears his throat, placing one hand on his heart and overacting the crap out of the next bit.]
I don't know why you're not there
I give you my love, but you don't care
So what is right?
And what is wrong?
Gimme a sign
What is love?
Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.
[He takes a moment, bows and pantomimes waving to an adoring audience because he's just that big of a dork.]
[And off camera in the same apartment as Dante is a clapping, adoring audience! In the form of one cyborg who's cheering and whistling to add to the complete dork factor of the event.]
That's...a difficult question. I'm not sure I know how to put it into words.
What brought this on, if I may ask?
What brought this on, if I may ask?
It means knowing the worst in another and staying true. Because the best is worth it.
Living life without them?
[She imagines it as being dependent on someone. She watches the screen curiously knowing the dragon to be the sweet sort of creature.]
You're love isn't here... are they?
[She imagines it as being dependent on someone. She watches the screen curiously knowing the dragon to be the sweet sort of creature.]
You're love isn't here... are they?
I don't understand.
[She's trying.]
I want my friends to be happy but I don't it isn't the same as that.
[She's trying.]
I want my friends to be happy but I don't it isn't the same as that.
Pain is something that I know about... that's a feel I understand.
[She pauses.]
Is it worth loving?
[She pauses.]
Is it worth loving?
I don't know any of these kinds of love.
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?
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?
[Terra claps softly unsure what prompted the performance.]
That is a song about love... but it doesn't sound like you know what love is either.
[The song has a lot of questions.]
That is a song about love... but it doesn't sound like you know what love is either.
[The song has a lot of questions.]
The auction... I want to understand.
[She assumes Athrun has someone he loves, he bid on a few people so he's probably more used to it.].
Have you been in love before?
[She assumes Athrun has someone he loves, he bid on a few people so he's probably more used to it.].
Have you been in love before?
I think I like that answer the best.
[It's simple and something she can understand however that only rises more questions. She glances away from the screen while her voice softens.]
What if you've done unforgivable things?
[It's simple and something she can understand however that only rises more questions. She glances away from the screen while her voice softens.]
What if you've done unforgivable things?
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.
"They"?
"They"?
Well, "happiness" and "good" aren't exactly the same thing.
But what makes you think it's different? Friendship is one form of love, after all.
But what makes you think it's different? Friendship is one form of love, after all.
I'm not sure, I wouldn't know, certainly not, you aren't alone.
You aren't the only one by far.
You aren't the only one by far.
Then if they love you still, it's not truly unforgivable, is it?
[If in that one person's eyes, and no one else's.]
[If in that one person's eyes, and no one else's.]
Yes, because it's just apart of life.
Getting hurt is a way of learning.
Getting hurt is a way of learning.
[Dante is a dork. That's all the prompting he needs. For now though he's just going to shrug as he flops back onto Gale's couch and prop his feet up on a nearby coffee table.]
I don't think love is something that can be explained. It's just something you know when you feel it.
I don't think love is something that can be explained. It's just something you know when you feel it.
For me, it was very hard for me to actually tell when I felt it. It could be because of what issues I've had in the past, but once I realized how I felt. It's quite nice.
I have.
[His face falls a bit as he thinks about Cagalli. Their relationship had gotten...well, weird. That's why he was single now.]
There was someone I was in a relationship with for two years. In the end, circumstance drove us apart. We're still close, but...not in the same way.
[His face falls a bit as he thinks about Cagalli. Their relationship had gotten...well, weird. That's why he was single now.]
There was someone I was in a relationship with for two years. In the end, circumstance drove us apart. We're still close, but...not in the same way.
People.
[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.]
[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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