When our hearts first drink the golden nectar of love it keeps on drinking until it drowns itself. ~ JC Stewart
Matters of Heart: Tenderly, Softly and Gently
O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world, And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice, Which scorns a modern invocation. ~ William Shakespeare
Love is a smoke, made with the fume of sighs,
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes,
Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.
~ Spoken by Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene I, Lines 187-191
Love Without Passion is Like a River Without Rain…..A Cut Without Pain
Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting...and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and closed.
Without passion we'd be truly dead. ~ Joss Whedon