in love

Today, I am either ill, or in love...

on a quasirelated subject, have you ever had the sensation of being hugged by someone with cold hands but a warm body? when they caress your neck... oooh! nothing like it.

the best sensation i have had in my life so far (i am a virgin) was when the aforementioned girl relaxed for me. it was at the school dance. see rescdskfoo's first kiss. she had no tension in her--she was not afraid, she was not self-conscious, she was happy. so was i.

Love is not a room. It's not a country.

To those who say they've never been in love, stop thinking of yourselves as tourists and get permanent resident status.

Personally, I think TheLady overdramatizes the etymology of this phrase. As has been pointed out in other nodes, there's a difference in meaning between "love" and being "in love".

"Love" is comparatively easy. I love my parents, I love my siblings, I love my friends, I love my fellow man, I love the planet. Love, whether used to mean the emotion or the action, is something that can be shared with anybody.

Being "in love", however, always means the romantic sense of love. It's not necessarily exclusive or permanent, at least not in this day and age. But it does imply a depth of feeling, concern, and willful sacrifice.

Compare to the Greek words for love.