Days will pass, and you’ll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality.
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When a man is in love how can he use old words? Should a woman desiring her lover lie down with grammarians and linguists? I said nothing to the woman I loved but gathered love's adjectives into a suitcase and fled from all languages.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Love transcends language and traditional expressions.
This quote emphasizes that true love is so profound that it cannot be adequately expressed with conventional words or forms of communication. The speaker suggests that love requires a personal and unique language, one that goes beyond the constraints of grammar and vocabulary, reflecting the deep, intrinsic feelings one experiences when in love.
Themes
LoveLanguageExpressionEmotionCommunication
In practice
Example use cases
You can use this quote in a wedding speech to highlight the unique language of love between partners.
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