23 January 2019:
"But, after all, this love!... you eat of love,
And do as vile a thing as if you ate
Of garlic—which, whatever else you eat,
Tastes uniformly acrid, till your peach
Reminds you of your onion. Am I coarse?
Well, love’s coarse, nature’s coarse—ah, there’s the rub!" --Lady Waldemar, in Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh
Lady Waldemar is a heck of a character who has quite a way with words, so naturally her description of being in love is strange (and gross?) yet also kind of perfect.
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