When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.

A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney (ed. New Victoria Publishers, 1992) - ISBN: 9780934678384