Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Four Loves

"Most of my generation were reproved as children for saying that we 'loved' strawberries, and some people take a pride in the fact that English has the two verbs love and like while French has to get on with aimer for both."

Written by C. S. Lewis
Published in 1960

Dedication: To Chad Walsh
Labels: Posted by Johnnie

2 comments:

Karen said...

I haven't read this one. Would I like it?

December 20, 2011 5:46 PM
Johnnie said...

Karen, I don't know! Lewis writes in such straightforward language, yet I struggle to follow his reasoning sometimes. Definitely worth reading, though.

How about this for a word verification: squitadj

December 21, 2011 8:23 PM

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