I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the profound and often irrational nature of love that persists despite numerous obstacles and hardships.
In this quote, Charles Dickens highlights the powerful and inexorable force of love, suggesting that true affection can endure even in the face of overwhelming challenges and despair. The repetition of 'against' conveys the idea that the speaker's love transcends logical reasoning, promises, and the ideals of peace and happiness, illustrating how deep emotional connections can thrive in adversity.
In practice
A wedding speech where the speaker recalls the challenges the couple faced but emphasized their love.
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for anything I knew), all the dead people came out of the ground and sat at the heads of their own graves till morning.
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage.
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields.
If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true happiness and joy. Faith does not run counter to your highest ideals; on the contrary, it elevates and perfects those ideals. Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ.
For me, physical love has always been bound to an irresistible feeling of innocence and joy. Thus, I cannot love in tears but in exaltation.
The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others.
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