The question
How would you describe what love feels like to you?Originally asked
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Warmth and confidence.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗
Like someone is hitting your heart with a cricket bat.
Like coming home.
Exultation, fear, quiet comfort and even hate.
Friendly and warm.
To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
In despair, because of my wife’s illness.
Curious, energetic, droll.
When I was doing a masterclass at a theatre and I had to leave the stage because I was about to shit my pants.
At university in the 60s, I thought social justice was going to improve exponentially. How wrong I was.
The rest is silence.
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