Toni Morrison [in her first... «All About Love: New Visions»

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    msnwa
    5 февраля 2022

    Toni Morrison [in her first book, "The Bluest Eye"] identifies the idea of romantic love as one "of the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought." Its destructiveness resides in the notion that we come to love with no will and no capacity to choose. This illusion, perpetuated by so much romantic lore, stands in the way of our learning how to love. To sustain our fantasy we substitute romance for love.

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