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highlyeccentric) wrote2008-03-15 07:44 pm
highlyeccentric) wrote2008-03-15 07:44 pm
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Quotes to use in flirtation...
So I finally decided on my flirtatious medieval quote:
12. What's a good quote from medieval literature to use in flirtation?
Now that's a toughie. Personally, I wound up with a boyfriend by being able to quote Satan's speech from the Old English Poem Genesis B at will- "it's horrible here in hell, sometimes it's hot and sometimes it's cold, and sometimes naked men struggle with serpents"- but I suspect that's a peculiar kink of my particular medievalist man.
If you're looking for a more conventional piece, try quoting Heloise (http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/aah/aah04.htm) to your absent lover: I am, I confess, a sinner, but one who, far from weeping for her sins, weeps only for her lover; far from abhorring her crimes, longs only to add to them; and who, with a weakness unbecoming my state, please myself continually with the remembrance of past delights when it is impossible to renew them.
12. What's a good quote from medieval literature to use in flirtation?
Now that's a toughie. Personally, I wound up with a boyfriend by being able to quote Satan's speech from the Old English Poem Genesis B at will- "it's horrible here in hell, sometimes it's hot and sometimes it's cold, and sometimes naked men struggle with serpents"- but I suspect that's a peculiar kink of my particular medievalist man.
If you're looking for a more conventional piece, try quoting Heloise (http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/aah/aah04.htm) to your absent lover: I am, I confess, a sinner, but one who, far from weeping for her sins, weeps only for her lover; far from abhorring her crimes, longs only to add to them; and who, with a weakness unbecoming my state, please myself continually with the remembrance of past delights when it is impossible to renew them.
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