But not entering into marriage need not mean that one’s life lacks eroticism. The erotic should also have infinitude, but poetic infinitude, which can just as well be limited to an hour as to a month. When two people fall in love and suspect they are made for each other, the thing is to have the courage to break it off, for by continuing they only have everything to lose and nothing to gain. It seems a paradox and is so, for feeling, not for understanding. In this domain it is especially important to be able to use moods; if one can do that, then one can bring off an inexhaustible variety of combinations.

Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Søren Kierkegaard