Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notions of time; effaces all memory of begining, all fear of an end.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love transcends time, making beginnings and ends feel irrelevant.
- In plain terms
- Love feels timeless and ignores when it started or ends.
- What can you take from it?
- Love operates outside normal time limits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does eternity mean to you in love?
- How does love change your sense of time?
Another view
Love does not always last forever in reality.
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