I love you, Jeremy.”He still felt it, that wince of doubt. The urge to push her away. She said it so simply. As though there was nothing easier, more natural in the world. The words themselves hung in the air, so tiny, so bare. Jeremy felt as though she’d thrust a frail, delicate, birdlike thing into his big, clumsy hands, charging him to keep it safe. And God forgive him, his first impulse was to shove it away. He would destroy it, surely. In his desperation, he would grasp it so tightly it would break into a thousand pieces–and his own heart would break along with it. Tessa Dare
About This Quote

As our world has grown more complex, the nature of love has changed. Love used to be something that belonged to the romantic, naïve movie stars. Love was something that came quickly, swept you up in its arms and had you believing that everything would be alright even if it wasn’t. With the introduction of technology into the world, love has become more complicated.

Technology has become an integral part of modern life and is no longer simply a luxury, but something that is expected by both men and women. Love can now encompass more than just what some would consider as love; it can now be seen as an intrinsic part of someones personality. Love can be seen as a way to make friends, many things one does for their close friends would be considered as love for them, but some people see this as a burden or too much work.

In this case, they see love as a way to do wrong to no one. In this quote from Jeremy Bentham, Jeremy speaks about how he feels about his relationship to his girlfriend who he loves very much. He shows how he feels about her when she makes him doubt his beliefs about love and relationships by asking him a simple question that he can barely answer because he doesn’t know the meaning of love well enough to express himself in a way that would make her understand.

Source: Goddess Of The Hunt

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