And so the beauty of exploring love continues!
Posted by Allison Mack | Filed under Blog
Ornella Santilli Says:
May 27th, 2009 at 2:47 pm editLet me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
William Shakespeare
And so the beauty of exploring love continues!
I hate to harp, but had to highlight this amazing Shakespeare quote. Funny thing, this was read at my parents wedding! Good taste Ornella.
xo
a
Tags: love, quote, Shakespeare
68 Responses to “And so the beauty of exploring love continues!”
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Josh Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 9:47 amIt’s not harping when you provide a beautiful quote like that. I can see why it would be read at a wedding. It’s a great expression of the commitment and love each person has for the other.
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Lynsey Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 9:51 amI love this sonnet, I read it at my best friend’s wedding a couple of years ago
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iVicio Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:00 amDeep
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:20 amI like the way Shakespeare’s words in this poem echoes so deeply. Humph, it’s been some years since I’ve read him regularly. I had a book of his collected works, but I gave it to one of my cousins because she loves Shakespeare, and I’ve never took the time to get back into him.
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Ruthie Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:06 amThis one cannot be read enough…good taste indeed Ornella!
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Amanda N. Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:15 amI love how sweet and sentimental this is.It sounds so true and right somehow,I think the eleventh line is my favorite.This is a beautiful sonnet that sounds so lovely when saying it aloud.Thanks Ornella for sharing it with us.
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Tucker Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:28 amIt seems such a cliche to say it but Shakespeare truly is universal. The man (or committee, depending on what you want to believe) wrote in the simplest of terms and truths and yet is sound profound in just that.
So many want to be clever. He was just honest. And this speaks so honestly on love.
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Tucker Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:30 am“Sound profound”??? So profound, that should’ve read.
But hey, maybe I just came up with a new phrase. That’s sound profound.
*shrugs*
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Beth Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:34 amIt really is a beautiful poem.
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Robin Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 12:30 pmWe can never get enough of reading works about love, it’s as much a mystery today as at anytime throughout the ages.
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Kathy-Lynn Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 12:56 pmThere is a song that was orginally song by Jon Bon Jovi and I just recently heard it again now being song by Hinder. It is called “Bed Of Roses”… It’s such a wonderful love song.
Love is a beautiful emotion shared between two people. It’s like your hearts are in sink, and you can feel them breathing within your soul. I couldn’t imagine another feeling that could make you happing and scared and excited all at one time. I wrote a small part of the song below that I love the most…
BED OF ROSES…
With an ironclad fist I wake up
and french kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
its on beat in my head
While we’re talking
About all of the things I long to believe
about love and truth
what you mean to me
Anmd the truth is baby you’re all that I needI wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
for tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
Oh, I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
and lay you down on a bed of rosesWe’ll I’m so far away
step that I takes on my way home
A king’s ransom in dimes give each night
to through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it’s hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I just close my eyes and whisper,
baby blind love is trueI wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on nails
Oh, I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of rosesWell thats just the middle part of the song that I love best… Hope you like it too…
Kathy-Lynn Brown
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Jesse Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pmHi Allison
Yes, this is a great poem about love, the strength of the oneness between husband and wife, can do anything. It’s a beautiful poem, yet still not as beautiful as you umm
Jesse-
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Susana Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 4:00 pmthat was a great little love quote that Ornella put in & it was great you shared it with us
. Keep on with the love AllisonTake Care, Susana
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Glenise Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 4:34 pmWhat a beautful quote to start the day here in Australia.
Love & hugs
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william Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 7:27 pmlove…
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David Hayes Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 7:43 pmLove should be like a muscle — growing stronger as it is exercised. It shouldn’t be a constant. It should grow. That would be the opposite of “familiarity breeds contempt.”
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David Hayes Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 9:09 pmSince I had another busy day and am too tired to give an opposing argument, I am going to turn this over to the J. Geils Band who have graciously agreed to fill in for me tonight.
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“Love Stinks”
He loves her
But she loves this guy right here
And he loves somebody else
You just can’t win
And so it goes
Till the day you die
This thing they call love
It’s gonna make you cry
I’ve had the blues
The reds and the pinks
One thing for sure(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeahTwo by two and side by side
Love’s gonna find you yes it is
You just can’t hide
You’ll hear it call
Your heart will fall
Then love will fly
It’s gonna soar
I don’t care for any casanova thing
All I can say is
Love stinks(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeahI’ve been through diamonds
I’ve been through minks
I’ve been through it all
Love stinks(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
Love stinks yeah yeah
(Love stinks)
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Aziza Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:11 pmawww, that was beautiful.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:21 pmThen there was this famous tragic love affair:
Abelard and Heloise were prominent intellectuals of twelfth century France. Abelard, of noble birth and eighteen years the senior of Heloise, was a prominent lecturer in philosophy. Abelard was an adventurous thinker, and was constantly at odds with the Church. On several occasions he was forced to recant and burn his writings.
Heloise was a strong-willed and gifted woman who was fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and came from a lower social standing than Abelard. At age 19, and living under her uncle Fulbert’s roof, Heloise fell in love with Abelard, who she was studying under. Not only did they have a clandestine affair of a sexual nature, they had a child, Astrolabe, out of wedlock. Discovered by Fulbert (who was a Church official), Abelard was assaulted by a hired thug and mutilated, and Heloise entered a convent. Abelard was exiled to Brittany, where he lived as monk. Eventually Heloise became abbess of the Oratory of the Paraclete, an abbey which Abelard had founded.
It was at this time that they exchanged their famous letters. The letters, originally written in Latin, are passionate both in the remembrance of lost love, and the attempt to reconcile that love with their respective monastic duty to remain chaste. The tension between these two poles generates a huge amount of emotional electricity.To Peter Abelard:
I have your picture in my room. I never pass by it without stopping to look at it; and yet when you were present with me, I scare ever cast my eyes upon it. If a picture which is but a mute representation of an object can give such pleasure, what cannot letters inspire? They have souls, they can speak, they have in them all that force which expresses the transport of the heart; they have all the fire of our passions….Heloise
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Aziza Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:32 pmJust some poems.
Love is Reckless by Rumi
Love is reckless; not reason.
Reason seeks a profit.
Love comes on strong,
consuming herself, unabashed.Yet, in the midst of suffering,
Love proceeds like a millstone,
hard surfaced and straightforward.Having died of self-interest,
she risks everything and asks for nothing.
Love gambles away every gift God bestows.Without cause God gave us Being;
without cause, give it back again.
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He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by YeatsHAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
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Sean Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:35 pmIt didn’t really dawn upon me, how much has been creatively expressed about “love”…
From thousands of years ago, to Shakespeare, to the 80′s, to today and beyond…
Here’s some of the 80′s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-1DSG3xYoY -
Kathy Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 6:01 amThat is a very beautiful and romantic poem, and perfect for a wedding–your parents and Ornella Santilli have excellent taste.
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Silvia Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 6:35 amShakespeare was a genius and his works and so his words enrich people in many ways. Shakespeare – the truest artist of all time.
“If music be the food of love, play on…” (Twelfth Night)
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Jenny Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 6:48 amThat was a beautiful poem by Ornella Santilli.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 7:05 amIt’s about 4pm in Prague now.
Thanks for sharing with us Allison, as usual.
Have a nice and safe trip back home.Smooches,
The Jade Ruby
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 7:20 amI believe this with all my heart!
“Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”William Shakespeare
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Ruthie Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 8:05 amSince Aziza shared something from Rumi, I can’t help but offer one of my favorite mystic love poems from Hafiz:
The Woman I Love
Because the Woman I love lives inside of you,
I lean as close to your body with my words as I can–
and I think of you all the time,
dear pilgrim.Because the One I love goes with you wherever you go,
Hafiz will always be
near.If you sat before me, wayfarer, with your aura bright from your many charms,
my lips could resist rushing to you, but my eyes, my eyes
can no longer hide the wondrous fact of who
you really are.The Beautiful One who I adore
has pitched His royal tent inside of you,so I will always lean my heart
as close to your soul
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Ornella Santilli Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 8:49 amDear Allison: when I read this blog I couldn’t believe it that YOU had quoted my comment about one of my favourite Shakespeare’s sonnet!!!!
I really cried!!! And it is beautiful because I’m really excited and astonished but about all extremely grateful!!!!!
I worship literature and obviously, Shakespeare is my favourite writer!!!!! There are not words to describe Literature but deep feelings!!!!! Through literature human beings are capable of expressings emotions, thoughts,feelings!!! It is a human intellegence’s vehicle which differences us from the lower species!!!!
THANKS ALLISON!!!!!!!!! I’M REALLY GRATEFUL!!!!
I LOVE YOU A LOT!!!!!!
Ornella, your fan and friend from Argentina.
P.S: you really made me cry!!!! Thanks!!!
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Ornella Santilli Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 9:07 amDear friends (Allison, Josh,Lynsey, Jade Ruby, Ruthie, Amanda N., Tucker, Beth, Robin, Kathy-Lynn, Jesse, Susana, william, David Hayes, Aziza, Kathy, etc)
I hope not forgetting somebody!!!!I want to thank all of you!!!! Through this amazing blog we are becoming friends!!!
Yes, true friends sharing our feelings and thoughts and that is really beautiful!!!! I love making friends!!!! I like sharing my life with you, guys!!!
Thanks for being there!!!! Thanks for sending me your good feelings and positive energy!!!!!
Your loyal friend, Ornella.
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Ornella Santilli Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 9:09 amHere is another quote for you guys:
“Friendship is Love without wings”
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Irene Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 10:07 am“Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.”-
Song of Solomon 8:6Intense!
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pmSo. Are you ready for the flight home yet?
You have a couple of more days left?
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 12:47 pmSo have you talked to Kristin Kreuk lately?
How have ya’ll compared notes about travel? -
Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 12:56 pmMan, WTF! Aaron got the axe babe!
We love you so much. When they find Lois&Clark, Chloe transcended the whole thing, just as they predicted. You are so beautiful on your own terms Allison. -
Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:14 pmOf course CS rather than LL may be a small price to pay for the evolution of the series. I think it’s important that Chlark think about death. Marvel so easily crossed the line!
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:22 pmMan, I don’t mind Smallville getting dark. I do prefer Clark really having that choice to cross the line to kill or not.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:26 pmI got to say, there is still a chance of true romance with Clark&Chloe.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:38 pmYou know what? It’s been so difficult for TV to advance beyond the high school years of main characters. Now that Smallville has advanced beyond that point, the producers need to look at the possibilities available, besides that freaking dark camera work.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:40 pmOf course Chloe could be involved with a CSI type thing as WatchTower.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:42 pmOh Jeeze, I can see Clark running in and out on Chloe as WatchTower now.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:56 pmWell. . . I like Lois’s dark hair, finally. Their repartee needs improvement as they fall deeper in love; however, Chloe should be fulfilled after all her years of loyalty.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 1:58 pmThis is of course just my opinion.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 2:01 pmWell Allison, the end of the month is fast approaching, and another project will have your attention. Take your rest, do your best.
The Jade Ruby
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 2:39 pmWell tonight has been wrapped up tight. Thank God from your entire role this week. I hope that the energy generated by you and the output in Prague continue for a good while.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 2:44 pmEven as I type this, there are folks yelling out in the streets where I live. The people around here, really don’t want the shit to stop as the mixed income culture arrives here in full force.
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Maria Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 2:50 pmDavid Hayes I’m guessing you think Love Stinks right? XD
Though I couldn’t agree more right now! LOL
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 2:55 pmHere I am saying, “as the mixed income culture arrives here in full force. . .” Fuck that! It’s here now! Melonfarmers are left trying to close the gaps that have been wide open for years. Man, I go outside now to walk through my ‘hood and see a generous mix of world culture. I see a guy delivering Chinese, and think to myself, “Damn, I haven’t had take out in a while.”
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David Hayes Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 3:18 pmMaria,
I let J. Geils say that because I wasn’t up to doing a counterpoint. I think true love is probably one of the few things that doesn’t stink as it gets older … but the question is, “What is true love?” A lot of what is labelled as love causes tremendous grief in the world. To be more specific — selfish desire, possessiveness, jealousy, lust ….
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Ruthie Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 3:19 pmCan I go off topic?
Allison…watching Cross Wires’ live broadcast from Prague for the second time today…breathtaking, stirring, stifling, healing, painfully true…and inspiring. The whole company did a wonderful job…obviously heartfelt and personal…what a journey for you all.
This performance will linger with me for a while…taking some time to meddle and settle in my heart….to find our footing, find our voices, express our essence, and be. Thank you for sharing this inspired and soulful performance…R
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Smallvillekent Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 3:59 pmAllison, Love the Shakespeare Quote. Thanks Ornella for posting that Quote. In Smallville the true love is Clark and Chloe. I hope the writers give these two a romance this year. Clark and Chloe need it. We need it. Also congrats on Crossed Wires. Great job. Wish I could have been there. Peter
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Rita Gabriela Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 5:11 pmI love Shakespeare!! Thanks for post
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BOUROUX Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 6:13 pmHi Allison
Chloe and Clark are the perfect example of freindship love. This kind of love is sustainable
because the bases are deep and without any desires to change the other. The freindship is a long term thing build slowly without great passion.
I hope the producers will give a chance to Clark and Chloe to explore the romantic side of their fabulous freindship.I watched Cross Wires’ live broadcast from Prague today.
You gave the show something refreshing. The way you move and you were dressed impressed me.
Have a good trip to come back home.Bye
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Mike Hastie Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 9:13 pmGood to be back, I used to have an account under a different name and address, but Im finally back, now that ive had the time to catch my breath, thought id drop in on whats new! And im still impressed. And still intently watching for cool stuff. Keep it comin’
Mike
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 9:38 pm“Alone in the Neon Jungle” was filmed here back in the day. The station where the establishing shots were made, is still here, though no longer the precinct’s head building today.
RIP Suzanne Pleshette.
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Jade Ruby Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 9:47 pm“though no longer the precinct’s head building today.”
though today no longer the precinct’s head building.
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Shereena Says:
May 31st, 2009 at 5:11 amShakespeare wrote art and love. I hope his works will last to the end of time. Well then, some none Shakespearean art by Nena:
You look at me and I go with you
And it’s forever, this moment
The sun is shining and life is laughing
So my heart opens up and I want to give it to you
I want to carry you, I want to love you
For love has remained
Without asking, it’s simply there
Can’t escape, that’s obvious to meGood night, my beau
And I’d still like to thank you
What you did, what you said
It certainly wasn’t easy for you
You think of me in completely love
And what you see just goes on
You are brave, you are smart
And I’ll be always there for you
That I know for sureYou and I, we are like children
Who love each other the way they are
Who don’t lie and don’t ask
When there’s nothing to ask for
We are two and we are as one
And we see things clearly
And if one of us has to go
We are still there for goodLove doesn’t want
Love doesn’t fight
Love doesn’t become
Love is
Love doesn’t seek
Love doesn’t ask
Love feels like you areLove isn’t to be
Love doesn’t fight
Love doesn’t become
Love is
Love doesn’t seek
Love doesn’t ask
Love is like you areLove is like you are, like you are.
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Ornella Santilli Says:
May 31st, 2009 at 11:15 amI have a doubt: what is the exact meaning of “harp” in this context?
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Ornella Santilli Says:
May 31st, 2009 at 11:17 amAllison said: I hate to harp. This is what I do not understand!
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Silvia Says:
June 1st, 2009 at 7:52 amQuote: “I have a doubt: what is the exact meaning of “harp” in this context? Allison said: I hate to harp. This is what I do not understand! ”
- I could explain it, but since English is obviously a foreign language for you, I’m not sure whether you’d understand it. Ornella Santilli sounds Italian to me. So this is the Italian translation:
“I hate to harp” means “(io) odio battere su qualcosa / un tema”.
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Ornella Santilli Says:
June 1st, 2009 at 10:27 amSilvia:
I’m Argentinian and I’m an English teacher. I know what is the meaning of “Harp” but I do not know what Allison meant!!! Probably she used it as a slang.Could you explain me in English, please?
Thanks fortranslating it to Italian but I do not speak it! I speak English and Spanish!! Ha,ha!!!
Thank you, Silvia.
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Ornella Santilli Says:
June 1st, 2009 at 10:29 amI am not sure but it means “to repeat something”?
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Silvia Says:
June 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pmWell, I think Allison doesn’t like to pick things up and talk about them over and over again. So I understood it as “to keep going on about something” resp. “to dwell upon a subject”. In Spanish it means “(yo) odio a insistir en ello.”
I hope you understand Allison’s sentence now.
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Ornella Santilli Says:
June 1st, 2009 at 5:43 pmThank you very much, Silvia!!!
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Silvia Says:
June 1st, 2009 at 10:40 pmYou’re welcome!
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Brittany Says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 2:16 pmHey Allison! This is a fantastic poem, thanks for sharing Ornella and Allison! How ironic that it was read at your parents’ wedding!
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Janell Says:
June 8th, 2009 at 10:14 pmIm currently reading shakespears A mid summer nights dream, and so far so good =] but this one poem really gets me all the time =]
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Ornella Sant¡ll¡ Says:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:36 pmBrittany: Thank you a lot! Yes, Life is an ironic coincidence.
LOL.
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flor2196 Says:
November 11th, 2009 at 6:42 pmi m a fan of shakespear! i think his work is great. and that is my favourite poem of him. i heard it before in a serie, and i fell in love of that poem.i think you got a great style. and i hope you could do everything what you want because you deserve it
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