"To say a feeling, an impression is to diminish it—expel it. But sometimes feelings are too strong:..."

“To say a feeling, an impression is to diminish it—expel it. But sometimes feelings are too strong: passions, obsessions. Like romantic love. Or grief. Then one needs to speak, or one would burst. The desire for reassurance. And, equally, to be reassured. (The itch to ask whether I’m still loved; and the itch to say, I love you, half-fearing that the other has forgotten, since the last time I said it.)”

- Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh (via neuseks)