Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

If we reason, we would be understood; if we imagine, we would that the airy children of our brain were born anew within another s; if we feel, we would that another's nerves should vibrate to our own, that the beams of their eyes should kindle at once and mix and melt into our own, that lips of motionless ice should not reply to lips quivering and burning with the heart's best blood. This is Love.

If we reason, we would be understood; if we imagine, we woul

Summary

This quote suggests that love is the ultimate desire for connection. It implies that reasoning allows others to understand us, imagination enables us to create new worlds within someone else's mind, and feeling makes us yearn for the synchronization of emotions and the reciprocation of love. Love is depicted as a deep longing for intense and passionate connections, where one's thoughts, emotions, and physical presence are fully experienced and reciprocated by another person.

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By Percy Bysshe Shelley

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