How does one hate a country, or love one? Tibe talks about it; I lack the trick of it. I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That's a good thing, but one mustn't make a virtue of it, or a profession.. Insofar as I love life, I love the hills of the Domain of Estre, but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate. And beyond that, I am ignorant, I hope. Anonymous
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The above quote by W. H. Davies is a perfect representation of how love can be a strong and powerful emotion, while at the same time it can be a subtle and complex one. In the above quote, he describes what he loves about his country, while at the same time showing that this love does not have a boundary line of hate.

In the same way, he describes what he loves about life but states that one mustn't make a virtue out of it or a profession out of it. He also says that one should not have a boundary-line to hate upon their country or even their own selves, but that one should simply express love for all things in regards to them.

Source: The Left Hand Of Darkness

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