Sunday, September 11, 2005
A Young Girl's Resolve
"I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own" ... from John Bartlett describing his work of compiling famous quotations...at least he owed the thread and took the time to bind it together for I did nothing except to pick up the flowers and enjoy its beauty...nay, share its beauty...
"I fear to love you, Sweet, because
Love’s the ambassador of loss."
---Francis Thompson (1859–1907)
"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."
---François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
The quotations above aptly describes how a young girl perceives love and marriage. For she came up to me and declared she will never fall in love and get married. The reason is simple enough: a woman she just talked to who is going through a divorce and her parents failed marriage and the emotional and financial impact on those people.
I dare not contradict her stand at that moment for I can feel her resolve, akin to...
"We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang."
---Colley Cibber (1671–1757)
But I know, hoping in time, her outlook will change. She's still young and perhaps cupid's arrow has not found her mark. Then perhaps she would realize...
"For life, with all it yields of joy and woe,
And hope and fear (believe the aged friend),
Is just our chance o’ the prize of learning love,—
How love might be, hath been indeed, and is."
---Robert Browning (1812–1889), A Death in the Desert.
"I fear to love you, Sweet, because
Love’s the ambassador of loss."
---Francis Thompson (1859–1907)
"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."
---François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
The quotations above aptly describes how a young girl perceives love and marriage. For she came up to me and declared she will never fall in love and get married. The reason is simple enough: a woman she just talked to who is going through a divorce and her parents failed marriage and the emotional and financial impact on those people.
I dare not contradict her stand at that moment for I can feel her resolve, akin to...
"We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang."
---Colley Cibber (1671–1757)
But I know, hoping in time, her outlook will change. She's still young and perhaps cupid's arrow has not found her mark. Then perhaps she would realize...
"For life, with all it yields of joy and woe,
And hope and fear (believe the aged friend),
Is just our chance o’ the prize of learning love,—
How love might be, hath been indeed, and is."
---Robert Browning (1812–1889), A Death in the Desert.
