But I was in search of love in those days, and I went full of curiousity and the faint, unrecognized apprehension that here, at last, I should find that low door in the wall, which others, I knew, had found before me, which opened on an enclosed and enchaned garden, which was somewhere, not overlooked by any window, in the heart of that grey city.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes a quest for love as finding a hidden, enchanted sanctuary in a grey city.
- In plain terms
- Love is like a secret garden hidden in the city.
- What can you take from it?
- Love offers an escape from ordinary life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What kind of escape does love offer?
- What makes a relationship special?
Another view
Idealized love can lead to disappointment.
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