Wish I had bought the book....

[hani]

Men, even gods-in-men’s-skin, believe passion means (*to adore, to lust, to be exalted through love.*) They are foolish. Passion means to suffer. It means (*to endure great sorrows.*) Passion is the grasp of blister-ridden hands, breaking its thumbnails on the floor of heaven. (*Passion is fear, like a peach tree planted in the navel, when your

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[paulliver]

That's heart felt and well written, but gives people too much credit for being deep enough to feel all that. I do think "passion" for plenty of people is more about the skin than the heart.

[hani]

Taken out of context, I can see that interpretation! The book is more about monsters and people....