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What does love feel like?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Read by field Everyone Science and medicine 1 Arts and letters 54 Politics and public life 3 Business and finance 1
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Hamza Yassin
Hurtful, hard, like concrete but also the soft, silky, smooth, cool pillow that you lay your head on. It’s like birds singing in the morning with the aurora going over your head at night. That’s love for me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

Monica Dolan
Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Michelle Visage
Love is understanding, authenticity and being able to be exactly who you are with no editing – and it’s a gift.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2024 source ↗

Phoebe Dynevor
When you’re younger you confuse love with chaos and passion and, as I’ve gotten older, I realise that love is the opposite: it’s peace and it feels safe, like home.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

Kelly Hoppen
When my daughter and my stepdaughters were feeling unhappy, we used to pretend to unlock something in their heart and then pour golden liquid into them, and it always warmed them. For me, that’s what love feels like – a warm feeling inside.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2024 source ↗

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