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Love Exists!
Love exists – in this piece of Spanish graffiti art on a wall in Barcelona….
Literally in Love: 8 Famous Couples in Literature
In the mood for reading? In the mood for love? Let yourself be inspired by these famous couples in literature! We have put together a list of famous couples in literature and selected a quote from each work that you can use as a love quote:
The 8 most famous couples in literature:
- Romeo and Juliet
- Tristan and Isolde
No surprises here – Shakespeare’s star cross’d lovers belong on every list of famous couples. Despite – or maybe even because of – the fact that their love has no happy ending, they are firmly rooted in collective memory as THE most famous example of a love that knows no boundaries and that no earthly forces can dicorce.
Love quote from Romeo and Juliet:
“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow”
William Shakespeare, Romeo und Julia
Valentine’s Day – THE Film to Watch on Valentine’s Day
The only thing that surprises me is that no one has thought of making this film before.
It’s like a licence to print money, right?
Twilight – A Quick Guide for Adults
We haven‘t written about Twilight before. That is because we are not teenage girls. At least that‘s what I thought until friends, adults I know to be perfectly reasonable human beings, began to confess to being Twilight fans. And some adults who aren‘t Twilight fans at least take an interest because they have kids who are Twilight fans.
Between the huge hype about the Twilight novels, and more recently, about the films based on those books, it‘s time for an adult‘s quick guide to Twilight: Read more
Chinese Moon Festival
The Chinese Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, was celebrated at the be2 office last week. Our colleague Yun-Han invited us to join her for some traditional dessert: “moon cake” and “tanjuan” (rice balls with sesame or peanut filling in sweet soup). Doesn’t the moon cake look yummy?
The moon festival is one of the most important festivals in the Chinese lunar calendar. Chinese families get together to celebrate the Moon Festival, watch the full moon and eat moon cake. Couples in love also gaze at the foll moon together.
Much like Chinese Valentine’s Day, there’s a great story to go with it. There are many different versions of the story surrounding the moon goddess and how she ended up living on the moon, but they all end with the belief that you can see the moon goddess during the moon festival.
