"When love beckons to you, follow [it]
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And when [its] wings enfold you yield to [it],
Though the sword hidden among [its] pinions may wound you.
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For even as love crowns you so shall [it] crucify you.
Even as [it] is for your growth so is [it] for your pruning." - Kahlil Gibran, On Love

Episode 1: Romantic

"These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them." - Rumi

Episode 2: Realist

"Love is being there every day, to keep someone warm, to hold them through the night, to make them feel cozy." - Sweater

Episode 3: Sweater

"Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme." - Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity

Episode 4: Decision

"A decided heart looks for a solution. An undecided heart looks for a way out." - Tom, a regular at the Bramasole Diner

Episode 5: An Argument That Should Be Simple.

"With every commitment there is much that it rejects. Much that it excludes." - Adam Phillips, Unforbidden Pleasures

The Shadows

The Shadows