We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention
Choice is a signature of our species.
The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions.
Ecstasy is what everyone craves - not love or sex, but a hot-blooded, soaring intensity, in which being alive is a joy and a thrill. That enravishment doesn't give meaning to life, and yet without it life seems meaningless.
Who would drink from a cup when they can drink from the source?
As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in turn shapes our relationships.