Passion is sweeter split strand by strand. Divided and re-divided likemercury then gathered up only at the last moment.

Jeanette Winterson
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Passion is sweeter split strand by strand. Divided and re-divided likemercury then gathered up only at the last moment. In this quote, it is said that passion is sweeter when split into thin strands. When the passion is split into thin strands, it becomes more intense, and when that intensity is gathered up, it becomes a new passion for the person.

Source: The Passion

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