Twenty candles on a cake. Twenty Camels in a pack. Twenty months in the federal pen. Twenty shots of tequila down a yound girl's gullet. Twenty centuries since Our Lord's last pratfall, and after all that time we still don't know where passion goes when it goes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A list of twenties ends by admitting we still don't know where human passion disappears.
- In plain terms
- Many things come in twenties but we don't know where passion goes.
- What can you take from it?
- Passion's fate remains a mystery despite all we know.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you think passion goes?
- What mysteries remain unsolved?
Another view
Science may eventually explain where passion and emotions go.
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