But these first needs of the heart are so imperious, these outpourings of amorous melancholy in young people are at once so sweet and so bitter, that they have often all the real marks of the passion.

Alexandre Dumas
About This Quote

When we are young and in love, we often do things that seem crazy to the rest of the world. According to Shakespeare, these acts can be both sweet and bitter at the same time. Sweet because we feel like we know what we’re doing and that our actions are justified. Bitter because, when we stop paying attention to our hearts, we realize how much we miss them and how overwhelming they can be when they decide to make a play for us.

Source: Twenty Years After

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