“ To love in the sense of passion-love is the contrary of to live. It is an impoverishment of one's being, an askesis without sequel, an inability to enjoy the present without imagining it as absent, a… Denis De Rougemont
“ What stirs lyrical poets to their finest flights is neither the delight of the senses nor the fruitful contentment of the settled couple; not the satisfaction of love, but its passion. And passion mea… Denis De Rougemont
“ This peculiar connexion between a certain view of woman and the European conception of war has had profound consequences for morality, education, and politics. Denis De Rougemont
“ Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself. Denis De Rougemont
