Jasmine’s Reviews > On Love > Status Update
Jasmine
is on page 172 of 194
Doubt is easy when it is not a matter of survival: we are as sceptical as we can afford to be, and it is easiest to be sceptical about things that do not fundamentally sustain us.
— Oct 30, 2014 10:22PM
Like flag
Jasmine’s Previous Updates
Jasmine
is on page 131 of 194
Does beauty give birth to love or does love give birth to beauty? Every one of our lovers offers different solutions to the problem of beauty, and yet succeeds in redefining our notions of attractiveness in a way that is as original and as idiosyncratic as the landscape of their face.
— Oct 30, 2014 10:18PM
Jasmine
is on page 130 of 194
Humour lined the walls of irritation between our ideals and the reality: behind every joke, there was a warning of difference, of disappointment even, but it was a difference that had been defused
— Sep 22, 2014 01:07AM
Jasmine
is on page 99 of 194
Therefore, in the mature account of love, we should never fall at first glance. We should reserve our leap until we have completed a clear-eyed investigation of the depths
— Sep 22, 2014 01:02AM
Jasmine
is on page 40 of 194
The threat of the great 'I like you' could be softened by adding, 'but not so much that I will let you know it directly ..." Chloe and I were politely sparing each other the need to pay the full price for a candid declaration of love.
— Sep 18, 2014 04:15AM
Jasmine
is on page 23 of 194
Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self- knowledge.
— Sep 17, 2014 02:11AM