There was a war going on in our house. A silent war that sounded no guns, and the bodies that fell were only wishes that died and the bullets were only words and the blood that spilled was always called pride.
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Love, how often that word came up in books over and over again. If you had wealth and health, and beauty and talent...you had nothing if you didn't have love. Love changed all that was ordinary into something giddy, powerful, drunken, enchanted.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Love is the most essential quality in life that transforms everything ordinary into something extraordinary.
In this quote, Virginia C. Andrews emphasizes the paramount importance of love in human existence, asserting that material wealth and personal attributes are meaningless without the presence of love. She suggests that love elevates life's experiences, turning the mundane into something magical and profound, thereby highlighting its transformative power in our lives.
Themes
LoveTransformationImportanceLifeEssence
In practice
Example use cases
In a wedding speech to emphasize the importance of love in a marriage.
More from Virginia C. Andrews
All quotes →After it's all over, the early childhood, a chain of birthdays woven with candlelight, piles of presents, voices of relatives singing and praising your promise and future, after the years of schooling, fitting yourself into different size desks, memorizing, reciting, reporting, and performing for jury after jury of teachers, counselors, and administrators, you still feel inadequate, alone, vulnerable, and naked in a world that can be unforgiving and terribly demanding.
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