Not pretending to know everything, or even very much, of all that is wise and true about love, and not being of a mind, just now, to share all that I do, I offer, instead, a bit of the wisdom of some others, whose insights have seemed to me especially observant, along the way.
“Two people look at each other, and they see something – way deep inside – that nobody else sees. And that’s it.”
– Norman Krasna
The Devil And Miss Jones, 1941
Don't look for shooting stars For love is only … love.
You touch and still
You touch the ground.
Don't listen for those bells For love is only love.
And if it's love you've found Your heart won't hear a sound.
And when you hold his hand You only hold his hand.
The “violins” are all a bluff.
But if you're really wise The silence of his eyes Will tell you
Love is only love. And it's wonderful enough
Without the shooting stars … Without the sounds of bells … Without the violins …
Love is wonderful enough.
– Jerry Herman
“Love Is Only Love”
Hello, Dolly (1964)
“We’re almost there.”
“I’m ready.”
“Do you really mean to walk with me?”
“I do.”
“We may have to walk near dangers – close to awful things.”
“I know that.”
“Sometimes, there are villains so big they block the sun out for miles around. I may not always win …”
“Does justice ever lose?”
“It does … from time to time.”
“I’m not afraid, because you’re with me.”
“Then we’ll always be together?”
“All our lives.”
“Stand closer to me.”
“Hold my hand.”
“And now, we’re together. Let it be said, they found us very close together … in the light.”
– James Goldman
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours. The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours.
A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours.
— Leo Marks
“The Life That I Have”
Between Silk And Cyanide
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