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A review by lailasemeda
Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
In this book you will read interviews/conversations with several people experts and not; about all forms of love, the loss of love and how to continue living in peace.
Here are some of my favorite highlights of the book;
“One of the best models of love is how parents love their children. Parents really love their children. At the same time, sometimes they don't like them - they get bored of them, they think they're awful, they want a break from them. And all those things goon in the love that an adult might have for another, too: sometimes we're fed up and aware of somebody's glaring faults, but still very much on their side. They annoy us and we still love them?”
“There isn't someone the right shape out there for every person - that has to happen in relationships. That's why relationships get better, because we allow mutual impact”
“I don't require you to be fun. You're not a performing monkey. I'm here for the good and the bad and everything in between”
“Just as I had learnt that a beautiful life contains joy and suffering, the people we love have amazing and frustrating layers.”
“Now I think of friendship as a thread that tethers us to another person. There are years when, if we pull on it too much, tug for more of the thread than the other person is able to give at that point in their life, then it will become tight and strained and tense. It might even snap. But if we can loosen our grip a little, let it slacken in the middle, it will give both friends space to move closer and further apart. We won't necessarily feel its presence every day, but it'll still be there when we need to find a way back to each other.”
“True friendship is about taking it easy on each other, knowing that life has tides that take you to various places, and that you'll find a way back to each other at different points.”
“An old friendship is one of those things the helps you remember who you are in the world, and that's so valuable.”
Here are some of my favorite highlights of the book;
“One of the best models of love is how parents love their children. Parents really love their children. At the same time, sometimes they don't like them - they get bored of them, they think they're awful, they want a break from them. And all those things goon in the love that an adult might have for another, too: sometimes we're fed up and aware of somebody's glaring faults, but still very much on their side. They annoy us and we still love them?”
“There isn't someone the right shape out there for every person - that has to happen in relationships. That's why relationships get better, because we allow mutual impact”
“I don't require you to be fun. You're not a performing monkey. I'm here for the good and the bad and everything in between”
“Just as I had learnt that a beautiful life contains joy and suffering, the people we love have amazing and frustrating layers.”
“Now I think of friendship as a thread that tethers us to another person. There are years when, if we pull on it too much, tug for more of the thread than the other person is able to give at that point in their life, then it will become tight and strained and tense. It might even snap. But if we can loosen our grip a little, let it slacken in the middle, it will give both friends space to move closer and further apart. We won't necessarily feel its presence every day, but it'll still be there when we need to find a way back to each other.”
“True friendship is about taking it easy on each other, knowing that life has tides that take you to various places, and that you'll find a way back to each other at different points.”
“An old friendship is one of those things the helps you remember who you are in the world, and that's so valuable.”