The woman above him had tumbled out of his dreams, and now stood like a half-waking ghost, a photograph double exposed, showing him in one moment the fallacy of his past as it bled into his future. The image of Maria Sophia had grown too large for him to bear. He had made it so. In his industry and creativity he had transformed her into something so wonderful that the very fact she might now be anything less terrified him almost as much as the prospect she might exceed it. .F.D. Lee
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The opening paragraph of this book is a poignant and haunting description of the powerful, destructive power of love. The narrator, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., was in love with Maria Sophia, who became his wife. The tragedy that the narrator experiences is that he loses his wife before he has had a chance to know her and love her. As the narrator says: “The woman above him had tumbled out of his dreams, and now stood like a half-waking ghost, a photograph double exposed, showing him in one moment the fallacy of his past as it bled into his future.
The image of Maria Sophia had grown too large for him to bear. He had made it so. In his industry and creativity he had transformed her into something so wonderful that the very fact she might now be anything less terrified him almost as much as the prospect she might exceed it” (p.
4). This book is an excellent example of why we should not rush into relationships without fully understanding the other person or our own emotions. Love requires care and work - love cannot be taken lightly - but when you find someone you love, it will be worth every effort to make sure you are ready for all that will come along with it.
Source: The Fairys Tale
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