If I never loved I never would have cried.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love inevitably leads to pain and sorrow when it ends or is lost.
- In plain terms
- If you avoid love, you avoid the sadness that comes with it.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept pain as part of loving deeply.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What pain have you avoided to protect yourself?
- Is avoiding pain worth missing love?
Another view
It assumes pain only comes from love, ignoring other sources of sorrow.
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