[ Love is an act. This is a truth she has held to be self-evident. The words one uses define the window through which one views the universe and she knows the highest form of love is an act. Aishiteru is the promise to act upon love made permanent by the continued exercise of it, and Ai is a verb removed from the constraints of time. Will, forever, both these things are implied. Lakshmi asked her if she was ever in love, where Koi is a lesser and indulgent form of it. Koi is a force, a feeling, a state of mind. There is a world of difference between loving and being loved.
The long silence she allows to stretch since the admonition says more than whatever reply she deigns to give. ]
(If you've ever tried and failed to fix a broken mirror, Lakshmi, then you'll know what I mean.)
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The long silence she allows to stretch since the admonition says more than whatever reply she deigns to give. ]
( If you've ever tried and failed to fix a broken mirror, Lakshmi, then you'll know what I mean. )