quotes du jour, comme l'amour.

quotes of the day.

"no one can love where people want them to because it is convenient. love is not like that. it is there- one does not say it is suitable- therefore, we love."
-katharine of valois [queen of england, and mother of the tudor dynasty]

"...she loved him because she needed to love someone. there were two passions in her life: one was music, and the other loving. she had loved and lost, and loved again. and on all these people she had lavished her great capacity for loving, and that was great. she must love; life was devoid of interest for her without love. all she asked of life was that it let her love, and she was afraid of life, for it seemed to her that love was ill-fated."
-jean plaidy, of Catherine Howard [favorite cousin of Anne Boleyn and 5th wife of Henry VIII of England]

lovely stranger

pray do not ask me what i want, dear sire,
for i could not tell you if i desired.
it seems quite vague, like something distant,
covered up by cloudy greyness.
yet, still i reach out to touch it-
though i cannot feign to see it-
i fear i might not beleive it,
if my heart it finds.
pray do not ask me what i need, dear sire,
for i cannot find it for myself.
it seems so lonely, weak and flimsy,
evaporating when i catch it,
up like smoke out of my grasp.
all these seeds of doubt, late planted
bloom, while hope i took for granted
fades. i've found a way to stand it.
i am far from well!
pray do not look at me so sweet, dear sire,
i don't know what i feel, it's true-
i'm certainly not repelled by you.
i cannot stand to feel like this.
i swell, i crush. i'd like this bliss,
we'll smile, and i'll accept this danger.
i'll call you my lovely stranger.