Status Updates From A varázshegy I-II

Isn’t it grand, isn’t it good, that language has only one word for everything we associate with love- from utter sanctity to the most fleshly lust?… Love is always simply itself, both as a subtle affirmation of life and as the highest passion; love is our sympathy with organic life, the touchingly lustful embrace of what is destined to decay… But in God’s good name, leave the meaning of love unresolved!