old friendship is like: i see pieces of you in every person i meet. you know exactly how i take my tea and i always remember to pick the tomato out of your sandwiches. we don't talk for months on end. your hugs feel like coming home. sometimes i look at you and see a stranger. we know each other's deepest hopes and fears. i get jealous of anyone that makes you smile brighter than i can. your love is the only stable thing i have in this world. we pretend we don't notice how far we've drifted apart. i miss you even when you're right next to me. we know what the other is thinking with a single glance. i'd die for you in a heartbeat.
idk why exactly but whenever i see the trace of lat. cor, cordis (heart) in italian words i have to lie down for a minute. truly some of our best words
- concorde, concordia, concordare (concordant, concord, to agree): from lat. concors, cum+cor = 'with heart', 'united in the heart';
- cordoglio (very deep grief, often collective): from lat. cordolium, cor+dolium (dolore) = 'pain of the heart';
- ricordo, ricordare (memory, to remember/recall): from lat. recordari, re+cor = 'back in the heart' because they used to believe memory resided in the heart;
- coraggio, coraggioso (courage, courageous): from lat. coraticum, cor+habeo= 'to have heart';
- misericordia, misericordioso (mercy, merciful): from lat. misericoris, misereor+cor = 'to have mercy in the heart'.
