Comments on: A Difference of Love

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:08:15 +0000

Ah, the dialogue was taken from the movie The End Of The Affair.

Just got your e-mail, I’ll have to read it.

By: Maeko

Maeko — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:40:01 +0000

I have to email you my most recent post about love and unconditional love (on my secret blog). I will need your email address if I can’t find it on your site.

I assumed it was a she because the first four lines of dialogue were between a man and woman. I’m sorry if I was mistaken.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:53:52 +0000

@maeko — Loving purely is very difficult. It’s almost like you have to forget everything you’ve been through.

Why assume it’s a “she” though?

@Sophia — You’re right. What you said has made me realize that I’m not capable of conditional love as well. It was wrong for me to say that my love was boundless, because if it’s gone, then it’s obviously not boundless. Capability of such a thing seems as far away as world peace to me.

By: Sophia

Sophia — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:30:16 +0000

Love is like happiness, it’s difficult to define because it’s different for everyone. I don’t believe that humans are capable of unconditional love either. If they were, I think the world would be a much better place.

By: maeko

maeko — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:22:39 +0000

Except, aren’t there eternal and universal definitions for what pure and true love is?

I wish mine could reflect those “universal” standards–untinged with contingency, unmarred by prejudice, not based on need, without agenda, and totally unconditional. I doubt I could ever love that purely.

It doesn’t sound like she was anywhere close to it, though.

I’m sorry you had to go through that.