She averted his eyes, but not before he recognized the pain in them, a tormented and languished gaze, a stare preserved for people who were able to love deeply enough that they could be destroyed by it. For a moment, he knew that gaze intimately, remembering it from a time long gone. The ache of a shattered belief once known. He knew that feeling. Jacqueline Simon Gunn
About This Quote

A quote from the novel "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. This is a famous quote and one of my personal favorite lines from the book. I feel like this quote captures the essence and beauty of the book and how it is filled with lots of mystery and intrigue.

Source: Noahs Story

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