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like venus and mars we are destined.
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Nike / Victory

A Roman relief of the winged-goddess Victory, ca.1st century BCE, she floats in contemplation, gazing upon a plumed helmet

National Roman Museum

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I really like the word “smitten”. because at first glance you just think of sappy lovey-dovey stuff but also you have to remember this is a word that’s born of the word “smite.” a devastating word. a word that, summarized, means stricken. smitten means stricken as well — struck with devastating affection.

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“She was composed of many elements, of charm and meltingness; and of firmness, even hardness. There was a contradiction in her nature that was both maddening and attractive.”

Christa Wolf, tr. by Jan van Heurck, from “Cassandra: A Novel & Four Essays,

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