I am made only for passion; it is the temperature of love that I cannot endure. I am afraid, and I think it is death- everything but passion seems like death to me. Only in fever do I feel life.

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The line by French poet Arthur Rimbaud, “I am made only for passion; it is the temperature of love that I cannot endure.” This line shows how passionate he was about his love. He also shows the fear he had, because he thought it was death. But instead of dying, he felt like he was alive.

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