╋━

Men understand so little. Women are more often drawn to an unsuccessful, defeated man than to one who is happy and successful, because each woman’s active, affirmative love tempts her… Do you understand? Active love. Men are absorbed in their work, and so love comes only third in importance for them. They know only how to talk with a woman for a while, stroll with her through a garden, enjoy a pleasant moment together, and shed a few tears at her grave—nothing more. For us, however, love is life itself. I love you, and that means that in my dreams I see how I would ease the pain of your longing, and how I would travel with you to the ends of the earth. Whether you climb to the highest mountain or descend to the deepest valley, you will always find me following you. The more you suffer for love, the greater a lover you become, because through suffering you come to feel love even more deeply