You know not, yet, the sort of love that strikes like a lightning bold; that clutches hold of you by the heart, as irrevocably as death; that becomes the lodestar by which you steer the rest of your life.

Juliet Marillier
About This Quote

In this quote, Shakespeare speaks of a powerful emotion that can attack you from out of nowhere. You don't know this love at first, but you end up loving the person anyway. This is a love that can be felt deeply and is incomparable to anything else.

Source: Daughter Of The Forest

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