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"It will not be enough to say I love you. I know you
have heard it before.
I love you. Those words were not worn out two thousand
six hundred years ago. Are they worn out now? Perhaps,
but not by repetition, but by strain. There are other
ways of saying what I mean... Other words fit for the
weight. Other words that pin me to an honesty I might
not like. So much can be hidden in 'I love you'.
I can hide in that sentimental cloud.
I will not hide. Here..."
Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies
have heard it before.
I love you. Those words were not worn out two thousand
six hundred years ago. Are they worn out now? Perhaps,
but not by repetition, but by strain. There are other
ways of saying what I mean... Other words fit for the
weight. Other words that pin me to an honesty I might
not like. So much can be hidden in 'I love you'.
I can hide in that sentimental cloud.
I will not hide. Here..."
Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies