Posts tagged "love"
This Civil War-era letter by Union soldier Sullivan Ballou I know best—like most people, I imagine—from the PBS documentary miniseries The Civil War, produced by Ken Burns.
It’s still a beautiful, beautiful letter. There’s no better way to describe it.
Man is a sinner who needs an overwhelming love.
Francis Schaeffer in Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
I want no women in my life.
[…]
I could have conquered Europe—all of it—but I had women in my life.
Henry II in The Lion in Winter [by James Goldman]
When John Steinbeck’s oldest son fell in love, he asked his dad for advice, which was given:
And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
This is just wonderful. Read the whole thing.
[via Brain Pickings]
