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    Introduction It is very natural for people to crave for love. Love is valuable as it connects us with people and makes us become better people in general. Love can exist in many forms -- be it family affection, friendship or romantic love. These different types of love can be distinguished by using the three components in love -- intimacy, passion and commitment, as set out in the “Triangular Theory of Love” proposed by psychologist Robert Sternberg. In this essay, I contend that romantic relationships

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    Have you ever fallen head over heels for someone you thought was absolutely everything to you? Do you remember the butterflies in your stomach at just the touch of their hand, because I do. Falling in love is the closest thing to magic that some of us have experienced. Yet again, heartbreak is the closest feeling to death that I’ve felt. I remember the moment I first met my first actual boyfriend, it was at a race. Dee was very handsome in my eyes. He’d always find a way to motivate me on beating

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    Araby Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you. Love is in the air like the aroma of a fresh lit candle lingering in a room. People are consistently looking and finding love each and every day, in all sorts of ways and places. In Araby written by James Joyce the story of a boy who falls in love with one of his playmate’s sister. Love is seen all throughout the book, making this book have relatable connections to the reader; due to its relevance in the world today.

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    Growing up, I always wanted to know what true love felt like. You know the love you see in the movies or the love you read about in Romeo and Juliet? Yes, that love. That's the type of love I wanted to feel. I always thought that I would find my prince charming like Cinderella and live happily, ever after. However, the day I fell in love it wasn't with a man, it was with a pen.      I remember this day like it just happened, but it didn't. It happened 7 years ago on a Monday morning during my Thanksgiving

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    Merriam-Webster dictionary defines love as, “A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.” To me, it is beyond imaginable to the brain. It is not just about kisses on the cheek or hugs to warm each other’s heart. Forgiveness is a key to successfully achieve love. No couple or relationship is perfect, but in an ideal world, there would be rainbows and butterflies. Sometimes, one will let their inner demons get the best of them and disguise it from the other. Even bottle up emotions

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    Virmati falls in love with an oxford return professor Harish Chandra, who is already married and has kids. She had done a very odd thing that she falls in love with the professor who is already married and has kids in spite of her engagement with the canal engineer. It is a very severe crime according to the rigid and orthodox tradition. However, Virmati does not bother about it. She gets affection and love from the professor for which she longed for a several years. The feeling that she is someone

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    of being with her still shadowed my mind. Finally, through the marvelous invention of social media, I found her and we connected. That connection broke me in positive and negative ways, but ended up inspiring personal growth through love and heartbreak. At first, love came easy. There were endless nights on the phone until the sun came up. Since we lived in the same neighborhood seeing one another became an addiction. Watching her stay up all night studying for exams, inspired me to go back to school

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    someone has loved or still loves you now. “What is love?” seems to be a lust for understanding throughout our common lives. As stated on Wikipedia Free Internet Encyclopedia, love is a variety of different emotions, states, and attitudes that range from interpersonal affection. Love is spread in limitless ways. I see love as being demonstrated through distinct affection for someone or something. For instance, there are two diverse loves I display. There is a “mother’s love” displayed towards my daughter

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    I know, I know, everybody writes about a love story. However, this one wasn’t a love story from the beginning. We all seem to be in search of that “special someone”, or so they call it. In my experience, it never works through seeking a person out. Ask any married couple that has been together for a while if they found each other by searching for their “type”. It usually doesn’t work that way, love is usually accidental. I, being a prime example of how it starts, will share my story with you. Every

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    My whole life, 15 years to be exact, my father has always taught me to love things that one does not typically love. Love was a strange topic to me back when I was little, despite small knowledge on love. I have loved my parents and my brother when I was little, do not get me wrong, but I did not exactly understand what the real meaning was. However, I did not realize how much love and kindness played a role in today’s society as well as my life. We have all loved before, whether it be your family

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