Do you know what makes the prison disappear? Every deep, genuine affection. Being friends, being brothers, loving, that is what opens the prison, with supreme power, by some magic force. Without these one stays dead. But whenever affection is revived, there life revives.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Deep affection and love have the power to free people from isolation or despair. Without such connections, life feels dead, but when affection returns, life returns.
- In plain terms
- Love and friendship free us from emotional prisons.
- What can you take from it?
- Revive affection to revive life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes you feel free?
- Who do you love deeply?
Another view
Affection alone cannot solve physical imprisonment.
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