A very powerful definition of this type of love is attributed to King Solomon: “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned” (Song of Songs 8:6–7). This type of love, romantic, capricious, exalted and constantly re-invented
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