Civil Wedding Ceremony / Civil Partnership Reading Sample
The following is a suggested reading to consider for your Civil Ceremony or Civil Partnership
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – (Louis de Bernieres)
Love is a temporary madness,
It erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.
And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together
that it is inconceivable that you should every part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the
promulgation of eternal passion.
That is just being ‘in love’ which any fool can do.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and
this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Those that truly love, have roots that have grown towards each other
underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their
branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.
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