Love Letters of Great Men

Remember Love Letters of Great Men, the book mentioned in one of the scenes from Sex and The City (the movie) ? Well it was apparently fictional and only really came out after the movie. And so having seen the book at the self-help section of a bookstore over a month ago (seriously, why?), I took the time to google it earlier today and was fortunate enough to find the letter Mr. Big quoted in the movie. Yes, the one with the oh-so-famous "ever thine, ever mine, ever ours" line. Beauty lovers today are greatly missing.

(An interesting fact, typing 'love letters of great men' as keywords on google lead me to this -- wait for it... -- www.romanceclass.com website. Not bad, i know. But much to my embarassment of googling it in a public place, it uses the tagline "Learn to love -- online!". For goodness sake, why is everyone making it seem like these love letters are meant for the love-challenged? First the self-help section. Now an online romance class? Give me a break. I love these letters and i am confident of being waaaay off the list of love-challenged people.)


Ah forgive the nonsense.
Here goes a love letter written by Beethoven.

Good morning, on July 7

Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us - I can live only wholly with you or not at all - Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits - Yes, unhappily it must be so - You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you. No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never - Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life - Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men - At my age I need a steady, quiet life - can that be so in our connection? My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day - therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once - Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together - Be calm - love me - today - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell. Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.

ever thine,
ever mine,
ever ours.

-------------------------------------

Ah, does your heart not melt through each and every word, or am i really just that cheesy? And why in the world won't people take the time to write so passionately beautiful anymore? Beethoven wasn't even a writer. His music did not even have lyrics, i may add. (How amusing would it be if he wrote lyrics, though?) And by the way, thank God they did not have Blackberries back in the days. At least now we know (and hopefully take lessons from) the extent of well-said verbal sweets humans are really, originally capable of... and just how much technology has turned us into lazy thinkers. Hehehe. I doubt those love letters would be the same (or even exist) had they Blackberry Messengers then.

Dude, screw Blackberries. I believe more love is sent through snail mail and what ever is slower. E-mails, at the very least. Yes, just personal, sweet, and well thought of. It says so much more than those pointless insecure 24/7 live reports on your minute-by-minute activities. Trust me, it is.

Oh boy, cheesy me wants a romantic love letter. Now.