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  2. Sonnet 116 - Wikipedia

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    The sonnet begins without the poet's apparent acknowledgment of the compelling quality of the emotional union of "true minds". As Helen Vendler has observed, "This famous almost 'impersonal' sonnet on the marriage of true minds has usually been read as a definition of true love." [10] This is not a unique theme of Shakespeare's sonnets. Carol ...

  3. Myths of romantic love - Wikipedia

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    Myth of jealousy: jealousy is an indicator of true love. [1] Myth of marriage: passionate love must lead to a stable cohabitation of the couple. [1] Myth of eternal passion: passionate love in the first months of a relationship can and must go on forever. [1]

  4. Marriage - Wikipedia

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    By its nature, the institution of marriage and conjugal love is ordered to the procreation and upbringing of offspring. Marriage creates rights and duties in the Church between the spouses and towards their children: "[e]ntering marriage with the intention of never having children is a grave wrong and more than likely grounds for an annulment ...

  5. Intimate relationship - Wikipedia

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    An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves emotional or physical closeness between people and may include sexual intimacy and feelings of romance or love. [1] Intimate relationships are interdependent , and the members of the relationship mutually influence each other. [ 2 ]

  6. Romance (love) - Wikipedia

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    Based on the content of that review, they proposed a biological definition of romantic love: [6] Romantic love is a motivational state typically associated with a desire for long-term mating with a particular individual. It occurs across the lifespan and is associated with distinctive cognitive, emotional, behavioral, social, genetic, neural ...

  7. Love - Wikipedia

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    Pope Francis taught that "True love is both loving and letting oneself be loved... what is important in love is not our loving, but allowing ourselves to be loved by God." [56] And so, in the analysis of a Catholic theologian, for Pope Francis, "the key to love... is not our activity. It is the activity of the greatest, and the source, of all ...

  8. Love marriage - Wikipedia

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    A love marriage is one which is driven solely by the couple, with or without consent of their parents, as opposed to arranged marriage. [1] While there is no clear definition of love marriage, the term was in common use globally during the Victorian era . [ 1 ]

  9. Courtship - Wikipedia

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    The 12th-century book The Art of Courtly Love advised that "True love can have no place between husband and wife". [4] According to one view, clandestine meetings between men and women, generally outside of marriage or before marriage, were the precursors to today's courtship. [4]