Wonderful. Indescribable,
(I can’t figure out what attracts me to her.)
I scarcely can think of anything else.
(Most of my mind has stopped working.)
Unbelievably Perfect. Incredible.
(No sensible person believes such things.)
She has a Flawless Character.
(I’ve abandoned my critical faculties.)
There is nothing I would not do for her.
(I’ve forsaken most of my usual goals.)
Marvin Minsky, The Emotion Machine, on the paradox of describing love in negative terms
