“To try to write love is to confront the muck of language; that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little.”
What this quote means
This reflection by Roland Barthes, from 'A Lover's Discourse: Fragments', expresses the difficulty of saying love. Words are both insufficient and excessive: they cannot capture the intensity of feeling, yet they overflow, hysterically. Writing love means confronting this powerlessness of language, this disorder. This quote resonates with anyone who has searched for the right words to express a deep feeling and stumbled against the limits of language.
How to apply it daily
When you want to express a strong feeling, accept that words are imperfect and dare to say them anyway, with sincerity.
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