A beautiful paradox
This was copied from the book: "From One Who Knows,"originally published in Greek, it was translated into Latin by Catullus in the first century AD. It is thought that this obscure book is where Catullus recieved much of his inspiration. I read it in a Latin class in college and have kept a copy ever since.
"Women [Girls] are an enigma, a bundle of paradox that both enlightens and maddens at the same time. Capable of the most stimulating conversation and touch. Somthing that you can't live without; can't stop thinking about; can't breathe without... But at the same time you have to stand back, let go, acknowledge,trust and entrust to another person: another entity only provable by their continued impact on your life, the very song of beauty that cannot be contained, a vision that can only be beheld, never captured, for to constrain such a perfection of expereince, such a lively, dancing spark of life would be a blasphemy far beyond the most base sin imaginable. Therein lies the great pain inherent in the greatest of love... one cannot help but give away their very being, but one cannot demand a return. When a return IS given it is a thing of epic beauty, when it isn't it life can be the bleakest of winter nights... "
This is a refined quote... if you caught the earlier one on myspace, this one is from after I looked it up on the web and confirmed my memory. This post was inspired by a friend who seems to think "Girls=The Devil." Aside from the obvious theological and cosmological implications, it seemed to me an oversimplification of the truth (little t, so it's not the final T, Truth) and demanded a rebuttal. If it seems a little overdone, as "one who knows," I think this quote is pretty accurate. If you disagree, I'd question your ability to feel human emotion... or maybe you just don't want to admit that somebody could get to you that way.
"Women [Girls] are an enigma, a bundle of paradox that both enlightens and maddens at the same time. Capable of the most stimulating conversation and touch. Somthing that you can't live without; can't stop thinking about; can't breathe without... But at the same time you have to stand back, let go, acknowledge,trust and entrust to another person: another entity only provable by their continued impact on your life, the very song of beauty that cannot be contained, a vision that can only be beheld, never captured, for to constrain such a perfection of expereince, such a lively, dancing spark of life would be a blasphemy far beyond the most base sin imaginable. Therein lies the great pain inherent in the greatest of love... one cannot help but give away their very being, but one cannot demand a return. When a return IS given it is a thing of epic beauty, when it isn't it life can be the bleakest of winter nights... "
This is a refined quote... if you caught the earlier one on myspace, this one is from after I looked it up on the web and confirmed my memory. This post was inspired by a friend who seems to think "Girls=The Devil." Aside from the obvious theological and cosmological implications, it seemed to me an oversimplification of the truth (little t, so it's not the final T, Truth) and demanded a rebuttal. If it seems a little overdone, as "one who knows," I think this quote is pretty accurate. If you disagree, I'd question your ability to feel human emotion... or maybe you just don't want to admit that somebody could get to you that way.
posted by Erros | 12:36 AM
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Good to see you are alive. I thought you went somewhere else (not kabul). You mentioned a myspace site in one of your posts. My name (right now) on there is Rhi Bran the Hud. (As in Robin Hood.) Come befriend me if you are still on there. By the way, The Kabul Kid sounds like a good movie or book title.
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