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Tales of My Heart: When Ecstasy, Melancholy, and Death Become Meshed

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*~Preface~*

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Humans are capable of producing many different emotions. These emotions spur us to take action and affect everyone differently. There are many questions surrounding emotions, but most curious of all is the emotion they refer to as 'love.' Although defined merely as a state of high affection in most cases, a lengthy discussion with various legitimate answers can be started with the question, "What is love?"

It is a powerful driving force, a motivator unlike any other. In the name of it, people have been known to conquer lands and wreak havoc. It can give birth to new emotions. Joy, anger, and so on. It can take many forms. Platonic, romantic, unconditional. It can be corrupted. Lust and obsession. It is controlling. It can be beautiful and devastating. It can make one indestructible. It can make one vulnerable, allowing one's heart to be broken.

Everyone has different takes on it, depending on their upbringing, background, experiences, and other factors. This collection tells the experiences of some of the people of this world with this product of the heart known as love.