A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.
“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.”
“You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.”