Is This Love?
This is prolly my nth to the last entry here Mr. T! I hate to go, but I have to...
"Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I’d know it for myself. My heart… It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it’s trying to escape because it doesn’t belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I’d wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts, no goods, no demonstrations of devotion — nothing, but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine." - Yvaine to Trista, Stardust
Maybe no. It can't be love. Love in its purest form is free of condition. It does not seek reciprocity. Love is like a spring that flows. If it is joined by another spring, the stronger the flow. But if left on its own, it will diminish and will be dried up by the sun, a nothing-out-of-the-ordinary occurence. In other words, love when left on its own will die a natural death.