Who knows how to make love stay? Tell love you are going…
“Who knows how to make love stay? Tell love you are going to the Junior's Deli on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn to pick up a cheesecake, and if love stays, it can have half. It will stay. Tell love you want a momento of it and obtain a lock of its hair. Burn the hair in a dime-store incense burner with yin yang symbols on three sides. Face southwest. Talk fast over the burning hair in a convincingly exotic language. Remove the ashes of the burnt hair and use them to paint a mustache on your face. Find love. Tell it you are someone new. It will stay. Wake love up in the middle of the night. Tell it the world is on fire. Dash to the bedroom window and pee out of it. Casually return to bed and assure love that everything is going to be all right. Fall asleep. Love will be there in the morning.”
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
Love can be sustained through playful rituals, imagination, and intentional acts that keep it vivid and present.
In simple terms: Keep love alive with creative, sincere gestures.
Create playful rituals for love.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- dating
- long‑term partnership
- personal growth
- artistic expression
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- What small ritual could you share with a loved one?
- How does playfulness affect intimacy?
Rituals may feel forced or inauthentic if not heartfelt.