Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Deep understanding of love comes only through enduring hopelessness in it.
- In plain terms
- You know love by sticking with it even when it feels lost.
- What can you take from it?
- Endure to truly understand love.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What have you learned through hardship?
- How do you define persistence in love?
Another view
It romanticizes suffering as a requirement for knowledge.
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