Flashes of Fire Quotes

“[...] certainly explains why the woman feels that she needs to be careful and not to excite love prematurely. The great enthusiasm of the woman, in contrast o her feeling that the man is not sending her signals on the same wavelength as she is sending them to him. [...] It odes not express intimacy; on the contrary, it suggests the woman's apprehension that the man is not as interested as she is [...] which reflects her feelings towards the man's attitude. Therefore it is only natural that after the woman has expressed her desire in such strong terms she feels that this desire is likely to intimidate her beloved and cause him to withdraw.”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs

“Love often stems from a need to overcome loneliness.”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs

“[...] our vineyards are in blossom— meaning their love is still not ripe”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs

“[...] the relationship between the couple does have a logical structure. It begins at the beginning: with the initial excitement, the initial attraction. When an attempt is made to realize the desire, it encounters a problematic reality. This love still needs to mature; it needs to undergo a process until it is realized. The first attempt by the woman to establish a rendezvous is actually the first dialogue between the man and the woman, and therefore this courtship does not succeed. The relationship between the man and the woman will have to begin with a real dialogue between them [...].”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs

“One of the characteristics of the state of being in love consists in the beloved being psychically present and emotionally available at all times even when the beloved is not physically present”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs

“The basic feeling of passionate love is the desire to be together. According to Plato, love is based on a sense of insufficiency and on wanting and longing. Love, according to Plato, is a longing to unite with another person, to neutralize one's individuality and one's loneliness.”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs

“The basic feeling of passionate love is the desire to be together. According to Plato, love is based on a sense of insufficiency and on wanting and longing. Love, according to Playo, is a longing to unite with another person, to neutralize one's individuality and one's loneliness.”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs

“I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone [...], I sought him, but did not find him, I called him but he did not answer me.”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs

“[...] do not stir up or awaken love until it wishes!”
― Elie Assis, Flashes of Fire: A Literary Analysis of the Song of Songs