I learned that night that love is never as ferocious as when you think…

Anita Shreve
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I learned that night that love is never as ferocious as when you think it is going to leave you. We are not always allowed this knowledge, and so our love sometimes becomes retrospective. ✨ Anita Shreve (2014). The Weight Of Water, p.42, Hachette UK
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I learned that night that love is never as ferocious as when you think it is going to leave you. We are not always allowed this knowledge, and so our love sometimes becomes retrospective. ✨ Anita Shreve (2014). The Weight Of Water, p.42, Hachette UK

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