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Question What is Love?

8 years 9 months ago #1 by Arcanist Lupus
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    • The Boys of Summer has caused me to give some thought to how I would explain what love is to someone without practical experience with it. And without a handy dreamspace with a friendly Mama Bear spirit to aid me, it seems like a pretty difficult thing to convey.

    The best example that I could think of was the song "What I did for love" from A Chorus Line. Which isn't about love between people, but applies to it just as well.

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    8 years 9 months ago - 8 years 9 months ago #2 by Malady
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    • tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/Wh...ThisThingYouCallLove

    Dragon - Worm wrote: She could admit she was fond of him in a way she wasn’t fond of anyone else. She recognized that she was willing to overlook his faults in a way she shouldn’t.

    Peach - Paper Mario X 2, Chapter 10 wrote: It makes you feel happy just to see that person happy, smiling…having fun.


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    8 years 9 months ago #3 by dbdatvic
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    • It may not be the best way, but

    "Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."

    is sixteen words from Heinlein that define it exactly.

    --Dave, your verbiage may vary
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