"If Maurice were here he would tell you that sex is perhaps a greater, but in no way a different, pleasure from any other. He would tell you that it is only one part - and not the essential part - in the relationship we call love. He would tell you that the essential part is truth, the trust two people build between their minds. Their souls. What you will. That the real infidelity is the one that hides the sexual infidelity. Because the one thing that must never come between two people who have offered each other love is a lie." (Fowles 602-3)
Who knew that one could stumble upon such profound and honest and revealing insights into the intricacies of life as this in a mythologies class. I could not help but underline this section and even go as far as drawing little hearts around this section not only because its subject but becasue I myself loved the duplicity of this statement. It seemed so simple yet the execution of this practice of not telling lies to a loved one seems so complex in this day in age. I have seen far too many people divorce of this very issue and it saddens me to realize that some even dive into a marriage knowing their relationship is void of this key cornerstone.
Who knew that one could stumble upon such profound and honest and revealing insights into the intricacies of life as this in a mythologies class. I could not help but underline this section and even go as far as drawing little hearts around this section not only because its subject but becasue I myself loved the duplicity of this statement. It seemed so simple yet the execution of this practice of not telling lies to a loved one seems so complex in this day in age. I have seen far too many people divorce of this very issue and it saddens me to realize that some even dive into a marriage knowing their relationship is void of this key cornerstone.
No comments:
Post a Comment