She raised her eyes to his. They had both come from misery, she thought, and survived it. They had been drawn together through violence and tragedy, and had overcome it. They walked different paths and had found a mutual route. Some things last, she thought. Some ordinary things. Like love.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the resilience of love that emerges from shared struggles.
In this quote, Nora Roberts articulates the profound connection that can form between individuals who have experienced shared hardships. The characters recognize that despite their different journeys, their mutual suffering has brought them together, allowing them to find solace in love. It suggests that love can endure through adversity and flourish in the aftermath of pain, highlighting its extraordinary nature in the face of ordinary circumstances.
In practice
In a speech about overcoming challenges in relationships.
The most important thing is you can't write what you wouldn't read for pleasure. It's a mistake to analyze the market thinking you can write whatever is hot. You can't say you're going to write romance when you don't even like it. You need to write what you would read if you expect anybody else to read it.
You're the love of my life. I don't care how corny that sounds. You're the start of it, and the end of it. And you're the best of it.
Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.
Why couldn't she have this, just enjoy this, without creating obstacles, digging up problems, worrying about mistakes, about tomorrow's? Why let the maybe's, the what if's, the probabilities spoil something so lovely?
Happily ever after?" "If justice doesn't triumph and love doesn't make the circle in entertainment fiction, what's the point? Real life sucks too often.
...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love.
I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.
There can be no peace of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a fresh starting-point for future desires.
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
Dull sublunary lovers' love (Whose soul is sense) cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove Those things which elemented it.
There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.
Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
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