Love, the most basic of humans emotions, is widely described metaphorically. On this Valentine’s Day, take a look at these love metaphors from pop culture and literature and see which one(s) comes closest to your view.
Something Wonderful?
“Love is a spice with many tastes—a dizzying array of textures and moments.”
– Wayne Knight as Newman in the final episode of “Seinfeld”
“Love is a promise. Love is a souvenir. Once given, never forgotten. Never let it disappear.” -John Lennon, Beatle
“Love is a friendship set to music:” -Joseph Campbell, Literature Professor
“Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings go on forever.” –June Masters Bacher (Popular American writer)
Something Terrible?
“I thought love would be my cure
But now it’s my disease.” – Alicia Keyes, Singer
“They say love is a two-way street. But I don’t believe it, because the one I’ve been on for the last two years was a dirt road.” – Terry McMillan, Writer, “Waiting to Exhale”
“Love is a dog from hell!” – Charles Bukowski, Poet
“Love is merely a madness.” – Shakespeare, “As You Like It”
Something Wonderful and Terrible?
“Love is the master key that unlocks the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and most easily of all, the gate of fear.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Poet
“Love comes, it blooms, it bears fruit and dies.” -Wallace Stevens, Poet
“Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.” -Anne De Lenclos (17th c. courtesan)
Something That Takes Work?
“Now that you’re gone I can see
That love is a garden if you let it go.
It fades away before you know,
And love is a garden—it needs help to grow.”
– Jewel, Singer
“Love’s fire, if it once goes out, it is hard to kindle.”
– German proverb
“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.” -Oscar Wilde, Writer
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Quite a range of views and images! The song says, “Love makes the world go round.” So, what is your metaphorical view of love?
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Anne Miller
Make What You Say Pay! – with Metaphors
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