Will my number come up eventually? Like Love's some kind of lottery, where you scratch and see what's underneath. It's 'Sorry', just one cherry, or 'Play Again.' Get lucky.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love is compared to a lottery where most outcomes are rejection or repetition.
- In plain terms
- Finding love feels like a random game with few wins.
- What can you take from it?
- Romance often feels random and unrewarding.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is love a game?
- How do you handle rejection?
Another view
Love can also be earned through effort.
More from Conor Oberst
Your eyes are poor. You're blind. You see, no beauty could have come from me. I'm a waste of breath, of space, of time.
Permalink to quote #27 So I've been hanging out down by the train's depot. No, I don't ride. I just sit and watch the people there. And they remind me of wind up cars in motion. The …
Permalink to quote #29 He once cut one of my nightmares out of paper. I thought it was beautiful, I put it on a record cover.
Permalink to quote #26
Related quotes
Cupid is fat and slow and can't hit moving targets.
Don MillerDon Miller quote #37 It was a marriage of love. He was sufficiently spoiled to be charming; she was ingenuous enough to be irresistible. Like two floating logs they met in a head-o…
F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald quote #55 and you kissed me shy as though I'd never been your lover
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen quote #1