“Love 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, it is not the desire to mate every second minute of the day, it is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every cranny of your body. No, don't blush, I am telling you some truths. 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.”
― Shawn Slovo, Captain Corelli's Mandolin
tags: love
机器翻译，仅供参考：
“爱是一种暂时的疯狂，它像火山一样喷发然后消退。当它平息下来，你必须做出决定。你必须弄清楚你的根是否已经如此紧密地缠绕在一起，以至于你不可能永远分开。因为这就是爱。爱不是气喘吁吁，不是激动，不是永恒激情的承诺的宣示，不是一天中每分每秒都渴望交配，也不是晚上睡不着觉想象他在亲吻你身体的每一个缝隙。不，别脸红，我告诉你一些真相。这就是“恋爱”，任何傻瓜都能做到。爱情本身就是在爱情燃烧殆尽时留下的东西，这既是一门艺术，也是一次幸运的意外。”
―肖恩·斯洛沃，科雷利船长的曼陀林
标签：爱