Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
We are cold to others only when we are dull in ourselves.
If you find the mirror of the heart dull, the rust has not been cleared from its face.
We know too much and feel too little.
As you age, feelings do diminish.
I find it dull when my heart meets my mind
It is passivity that dulls feeling.
People who become used to saying little become used to feeling little.
Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings. The whole point of marriage is repetition. The best it aims for is the creation of strong, mutual dependencies.
