Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I spit honey out of my mouth: nothing is second-best after the sweet of Eros. — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“There is one Psyche for every Eros, an Elizabeth for every Darcy, and an Abby for every Travis.” — Erin Noelle Copy Share Image
This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam:… — Ovid Copy Share Image
To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope. — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“ Love is on every side, Cupid said. And no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you. "Great," Jason… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Writing, playing, composing, painting, reading, listening, looking-all require that we submit to being swept away by Eros, to a transformation of self… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul'… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“And thus it behoved Eros to put back fun, romance & passion into the union of love. He had to find Himeros,… — Nicholas Chong Copy Share Image
It is perhaps true that that sort of sexual energy wanes over time - as the original impetus loses its luster. And… — Micheline Aharonian Marcom Copy Share Image
“Eros remains largely egocentric...it is a longing for union with an object which will fulfil the promise of self-completion…[Agape] is theocentric and… — Andrew Vincent Copy Share Image
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things… — Zygmunt Bauman 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
As Sokrates tells it, your story begins the moment Eros enters you. That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Eros doomed! I doubt it...eros seems to drive most relationships, and not just those between lovers. Erotic energy is a big powerful… — Micheline Aharonian Marcom 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
“There is no denying that Eros was now in love.He had fallen in love with his wife, Helen, more than 15 years… — Nicholas Chong Copy Share Image
The Greeks were smarter than us, and they had different words for different kinds of love. There's storge, which is family love.… — Bill Konigsberg Copy Share Image
“Eros mumbled something. "I'm sorry?" said Aphrodite. "Whatwouldjesusdo." "What would Jesus do?" said Aphrodite. "Let me tell you something. Jesus was a… — Marie Phillips Copy Share Image
“Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson protecting them from… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“And, whilst talking about making love,it was only a short while ago that Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, got to know what… — Nicholas Chong Copy Share Image
“if someone got to see the Beautiful itself, absolute, pure, unmixed, not polluted by human flesh or colors or any other great… — Plato Copy Share Image
The kind of love that God has for us, I think, is of an infinite longing for union, and the kind of… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I think most generations tend to learn the lesson of war the hard way. There is a deep attraction to the empowerment.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The discussion of the sexual problem is only a somewhat crude prelude to a far deeper question, and that is the question… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“. Sometimes, but only for a moment, I saw a faint solitary figure with a Rosa veiled face, and carrying a faint… — W.B. Yeats Copy Share Image
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![“Eros remains largely egocentric...it is a longing for union with an object which will fulfil the promise of self-completion…[Agape] is theocentric and selfless. It can flow through us, but it is not 'ours.' We only love, according to 1 John 4.19 'because he first loved us.” quote by Andrew Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/andrew-vincent-219261_agape_eros-remains-largely-egocentric-it-is-a_2773834.jpg)
![“There is no denying that Eros was now in love.He had fallen in love with his wife, Helen, more than 15 years ago, & that was why he married her.He had now fallen in love again with his new Secretary.And that was what was now driving him bonkers.[MMT]” quote by Nicholas Chong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/nicholas-chong-4441_adult-fiction_there-is-no-denying-that-eros-was-now-in_1786639.jpg)
