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  • Essay / Letters to Juliet: What is love? - 626

    There are many mysteries in life; one of many happens to be love. Love is such an easy thing to grasp, but to truly hold and understand it will astound philosophers for millennia and millennia to come. Understanding such a thing is like asking; why does the sun set? Why do those we say we “love” leave us? Giving an answer in a few seconds would certainly be a mistake. Ask yourself, what is love? A good example is Verona, Italy, where many “love” letters are sent; one of these letters will be examined and only a few will be able to truly say whether this letter was "love" or simply a strong connection with another human being. “Love” can be called many things, such as a strong feeling for another. Best friends usually have strong feelings, but not love. Love is usually demonstrated through intimacy or displays of physical affection. Even when this is said, it goes even deeper into the emotions and deeper into a type of connection with another that cannot be simply explained, even with words, an essay, or even if all the most brilliant minds and the oldest couples talked about love. it could...