Ophelius & the Circle of Seven

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

I won’t take anyone down if I crawl tonight. But I still let everyone down when I change in size.

Have you ever been so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved’s hand? And lie there, for fortnights, or decades, or the length of time between stars? In complete silence?

Love is the absence of judgment.

I’ve forever wanted a woman who loves like a soldier and fights like a poet. Always with unfailing faithfulness, always for the yearning in her heart.

But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.

Crack me open and get drunk on the contents of my spirit. Warning: consuming too much may have permanent effects.

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.

What’s the difference?’ I asked him, ‘Between the love of your life and your soulmate?’ ‘One is a choice, and one is not.’

Provided that he only broke you into pieces, you still have it all, like a pizza in slices, every. bite, delicious. You may not feel whole, but you are no less because of a feeling.

I don’t feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there’s something that I really did do. I believe I’m just ordinary. And I’d like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.

When a man is in love or in debt, someone else has the advantage.

It occurred to me that love, simply stated, is replacing the need to always be right with the need to be understanding.

Sometimes the heart is deceiving.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.