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Good morning, on 7 July Even in bed my ideas yearn towards you, my Immortal Beloved,

here and there joyfully, then again sadly, awaiting from Fate,

whether it will listen to us. I can only live, either altogether with you or not at all.

Yes, I have determined to wander about for so long far away,

until I can fly into your arms and call myself quite at home with you, c

an send my soul enveloped by yours into the realm of spirits — yes, I regret, it must be.

You will get over it all the more as you know my faithfulness to you; never another one can own my heart, never — never!

O God, why must one go away from what one loves so, and yet my life in W. as it is now is a miserable life.

Your love made me the happiest and unhappiest at the same time.

At my actual age I should need some continuity, sameness of life — can that exist under our circumstances?

Angel, I just hear that the post goes out every day — and must close therefore,

so that you get the L. at once. Be calm — love me — today — yesterday. What longing in tears for you — You — my Life — my All — farewell. Oh, go on loving me — never doubt the faithfullest heart Of your beloved L Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.

- Ludwig van Beethoven

I'm not one for old school prose and poetry, trust me, but this one really stuck with me. Read in the voice of Carrie Bradshaw, this scene in Sex and The City is forever trapped in my memory. Maybe it's the romance of the words or the set design paired with intrusive cinematography, I found this scene to be incredibly raw and endearing, as if Carrie borrowed Beethoven's words to express her emotions to Big. I guess sometimes when our emotions overwhelm our ability to think straight, the only solace is to look beyond our capacities in hopes that someone once led their lives the same way we did, through every success and every pain.