Erin O'Connor
English model
Like I've been kidnapped of my senses.
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How would you describe what love feels like to you?
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Joseph Fiennes
English actor
A dizzy flamenco.
Andrea Riseborough
British actress
Right now, terrifying.
Emeli Sandé
British singer
Freedom: it’s euphoric.
Rory Kinnear
English actor
Finding your place.
Dan Stevens
English actor
Like somebody’s painted the world a different colour.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
American artist and activist
Pride, joy and freedom, but also hard, a struggle and work.
Jodie Whittaker
English actress
A tumble dryer.
Hayley Atwell
British American actress
Being lit from within.
Nish Kumar
British stand-up comedian and presenter
Worryingly close to absolute panic.
Jenna Coleman
English actress
Whole, full, lifted.
Greg James
British author, broadcaster, comedian, and presenter
An impenetrable team.
Lupita Nyong'o
Actress
Like the froth on top of a hot chocolate.
Hayley Squires
English actress and playwright
Essential, like oxygen.
Steph McGovern
Broadcaster
Scary, because when you really love, it means that you are really scared of losing it as well.
Riz Ahmed
British actor and rapper
Openness, curiosity and compassion.
Mo Gilligan
British comedian
I always relate love to happiness.
Marie Kondo
Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host
Warm and fuzzy.
Big Narstie
British entertainer
It isn’t supposed to hurt, I know that.
Johnny Flynn
British actor and musician
Not feeling like you have to be anywhere else.
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