The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
The daimonic is any natural function which has the power to take over the whole person. Sex and eros, anger and rage,… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“... as a breath of wind or some echo rebounds from smooth, hard surfaces and returns to the source from which it… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The story of Psyche finally made sense to him- why a mortal girl would be so afraid. Why would she risk breaking… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“So now I get the scepter?" Jason asked. Cupid laughed. Unfortunately, you could not wield it. Only a child of the Underworld… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the minor… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Eros is a unique experience but it is not love itself. It bridges the gap between sexuality and love; it spans the… — John Pierrakos Copy Share Image
“Love, the phenomenal act of canceling self in favor of the very same self.” — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“Preferential love seeks only those who share one's passions--the more similar the lovers the more fervent the love. By contrast, neighbour love… — Stephen Backhouse Copy Share Image
Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks. — Sappho Copy Share Image
Photography has a natural affinity for the strategies of surrealism - the exaltation of chance and eros, the exploration of obsession and… — Douglas McCulloh Copy Share Image
Two things of opposite natures seem to depend / One on another, as Logos depends / On Eros, day on night, the… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
At home, besides being Peter or Jane, we also bear a general character; husband or wife, brother or sister, chief, colleague or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Oh, he's not like that," said Favonius. Jason flinched. "You can read my mind?" "I don't need to." Favonius tossed his bronze… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Just because a thing can't be done doesn't mean it can't be did. We all look into mirrors and see phantoms. Our… — Dean Young Copy Share Image
“Eros, again now, the loosener of limbs troubles me, Bittersweet, sly, uncontrollable creature….” — Sappho Copy Share Image
“He breathed in the briny air. In a far less dreamy tone, he asked, “How was Death?” Loki clicked his tongue. “He… — Kaylin Boyd Copy Share Image
“Nothing?" Favonius cried. "The one you care for most... plunged into Tartarus, and you still will not allow the truth?" Suddenly Jason… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“I tend to interpret that whole 'everyone's wife is a Mossad agent' thing in a more sort of metaphorical way--that people you're… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
The de-eroticization of the world, a companion to its disenchantment ... seems to result from a combination of causes our democratic regime… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Be passionate. Generate the magnetic power of eros through sensual, mental, and spiritual delight. — John Friend Copy Share Image