Francois Lelord

Eros is not tranquil - it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of a love affair and corresponds to the expression 'falling in love' since it is as involuntary an impulse as a physical fall.

French Author

Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal kindnesses. You love each other for the happy experiences and pleasures you share.

Jim Starlin

Thanos came to me while I was taking a psychology class in college after coming out of the service; the ol' Thanos/Eros concept.

American Artist

Meghan O'Rourke

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

American Poet

Isabel Allende

Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other.

Chilean Writer

C. S. Lewis

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

British Writer

John Updike

American Novelist

Eros originates from Greek mythology as the god responsible for attraction and love.

Mythical Origin

While Eros is often linked to romance, his influence covers all types of love, including friendship.

Not Just Romance

Eros is a cultural icon, symbolizing love in art and literature beyond Greek myths.

Cultural Symbol

Eros implies an intense form of love that's often spontaneous and overwhelming in its passion.

Emotional Intensity

Eros is usually a transient form of love, not necessarily indicative of a long-term relationship.

Not Lasting Love

In literature, eros is used to describe situations where characters experience deep physical attraction.

Literary Device

 yeah maybe you've had that experience as well right let's say you are on some spot on a side street that projects from a main Cathedral Square and you want to get to another point on a side street just like that the cognitive map in your mind may tell you eros go back to the

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 In essence, they are not different. Roland Barthes once said of Flaubert's novels, "Flaubert did not write a novel. He merely connected one sentence after another. The eros between sentences, that is the essence of Flaubert's novel."

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 reconstituting into gelatinous skin so if that is what I had to contend with whenever I wanted to write something down really the least of my worries would be eros and scribes did make plenty because it was tiring work lots

The evolution of the...

 there that never came this animal because in this animal they benefit to tourism and also these conservation creating without blame a very good role not only in open data but also in the country number the eros of these

Meet the Heroes Who...

 adult life he has returned to this same spot to mate already the beach is full of male or Natick eros noisily competing for space

Eros

Mythical Origin

Not Just Romance

Cultural Symbol

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