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Top Ten Tuesday: What Is Love?

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish, if you want to know more about it, you can just click on the name! Because Valentine’s Day is so close we get a freebie and quite frankly I hate those. It’s way easier, like really, WAY EASIER to just follow a given topic or theme. However, I did fire up my brain cells and came up with an idea. What exactly is love? What do the bookish realms say about it? I found some quotes that might shed some light on the topic! This is going to be a little different than a ranking though, because I wouldn’t know how to do that (and I might need more than 10).

gonegirl

So, first things first. Not everything is love. Sometimes we just like the idea of a person and that can cloud the judgement of our own feelings. So, always keep that in mind I guess.

annakarenina

Also important to remember: there are so many kinds of love! Motherly love, platonic love, love love. You name it, it probably exists! All types of love are therefore valid. But enough about this, how is love supposed to feel?

clockworkprince

Okay, wow! That’s a nice image. But doesn’t that just mean that you are smitten with someone? How do you know it is love?

everyday

Quite the strong feeling then, huh? Rearranging the whole world for another human being seems extreme, but maybe it’s possible. It’s such a big promise though …

tfios

Good, I am going to shut up now! So, if it’s love you are going to move mountains, I get it! Still, it baffles me a little. I am far from perfect and so are other people, yet we still create this unbreakable bond with them.

sisterskeeper

So, that’s it then! We love each other despite our faults and mistakes. If it’s true love, we can overcome even that!

selection

Wait, now you have me confused! I thought love was everything and now you are telling me that it can be difficult too? Ugh, why is love so complicated?

allegiant

That means love is commitment then? It’s a choice to stay with each other and to work together to make it work?

bookthief

So, not leaving is a really important part then. But what about long distance relationships? They are not all doomed to fail, right?

dearjohn

Okay, if it’s from the pen of the King of Romance Nicholas Sparks, I will trust his opinion. Even though it does sort of make me wonder if it has anything to do with the first quote about being in love with the idea of someone ….

timetravelerswife

That’s a nice note. Since there are so many different kinds of love, we shouldn’t ever run out of it. I am going to freely interpret this now. There isn’t one true love, there are many true loves and we are always capable of loving again, even if we just lost someone who was really important to us. But finally there is one thing to remember:

romeoandjuliet

Sometimes love isn’t requited in the same way that we are willing to give it and that’s okay too. You can’t make someone love you, but you can be sure that there is someone out there for you! You just have to find them!

That’s it – my very unconventional TTT! I’ve learned a lot about love today. What do you think? What did you come up with for the freebie assignement?

49 thoughts on “Top Ten Tuesday: What Is Love?”

  1. Loving your spin on the theme! Meanwhile I’m totally blank on my own TTT topic. Ugh, hate freebies. I love that Gone Girl quote especially because it’s just so true. The Clockwork Prince quote gave me shivers when I read it and it still does! Really awesome list 😀

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    • Awe, thank you! I racked my brain yesterday and that was the only thing I could come up with. I mean OTPs and bookish crushes are great, but that would have been very similar to my TTT from last week. I was worried this would turn out as complete nonsense though, so I am happy you said you liked it! I am sure you can come up with something!

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    • I am so happy you liked it! Thanks!
      Oh yes, Gone Girl was amazing! I have to say that the first part dragged a bit for me, but then I couldn’t put it away.
      The Time Traveler’s Wife is so beautiful and so sad!

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  10. This freebie theme is PERFECT, and I fell in love with all of the quotes there. How can writers so easily express a feeling that makes me feel like a complete crazy mess, haha, I don’t get it, but I’m so happy. That Cassandra Clare quote is perfection, I love it. And the David Levithan’s quote is so powerful, too. AGH I love EVERYTHING SO MUCH ❤

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