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“But I love your feet
only because they walked
upon the earth and upon
the wind and upon the waters,
until they found me.”
― Pablo Neruda

“Sonnet XVII

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way than this:

where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. ”
― Pablo Neruda

“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Σε περιμένω. Μη ρωτάς γιατί.
Μη ρωτάς γιατί περιμένει κείνος
Που δέν έχει τί να περιμένει
Και όμως περιμένει.
Γιατί σαν πάψει να περιμένει
Είναι σα να παύει να βλέπει
Σα να παύει να κοιτά τον ουρανό
Να παύει να ελπίζει
Σα να παύει να ζεί.
Αβάσταχτο είναι...Πικρό είναι
Να σιμώνεις αργά στ'ακρογιάλι
Χωρίς να είσαι ναυαγός
Ούτε σωτήρας
Παρά ναυάγιο. ..”
― Menelaos Lountemis