"Why does the longing for love have to……" — Jonathan Hull
"Why does the longing for love have to be so acute, like a desperate thirst? Is it because love is wanting to be saved and we can never really be saved? Maybe love is really born of our fears. Love is the heart’s desire for a painkiller; a tearful plea for a great big epidural. Yes that’s it: love is the only anesthesia that really works. And so people with broken hearts are really those who are just coming to, and if you’ve ever seen someone come out of general anesthesia, you know that it looks a lot like the beginnings of a broken heart."
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14 Quotes by Jonathan Hull
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I’ve always hated Mondays, the whole lot of them. Too much whiplash, snapping the tired masses to attention. God’s way,…
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I wonder if music is the only expression of the soul that is not hopelessly compromised in communication.
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We are all eccentrics in our dreams. Lunatics, even.
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So who is better off, those who share love long enough to see which parts inevitably fade or those who…
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If love doesn’t triumph, it ought to. For love is the one thing we have that feels more powerful than…
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Love is self-explanatory: the right person makes you feel well nigh immortal, vaccinating you with their affections. So long as…
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I've known people whose faces rested naturally in a smile and I'm certain their lives were much different because of…
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