Wisdom from Elif Shafak’s, The Forty Rules of Love.

Intellect and love are made of different materials. Intellect ties people in knots, and risks nothing, but love dissolves all tangles, and risks everything. Intellect is always cautious, and advices, ‘Beware too much ecstasy’, whereas love says, ‘Oh, never mind! Take the plunge!’ Intellect does not easily break down, whereas love, can effortlessly reduce itself, to rubble. But treasures are hidden among ruins. A broken heart hides treasures.