This is love. This is the kind of love that songs and stories are made of.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This defines a specific type of love as ideal and foundational to storytelling.
- In plain terms
- This is the perfect kind of love that tales are built around.
- What can you take from it?
- Ideal love serves as a core theme in art and narrative.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes love worthy of a story?
- Is ideal love attainable?
Another view
It romanticizes love as something rare or story-worthy.
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