About This Quote
He sees passion in her gray eyes, and it scares him as all passion scares him, his own included. In this quote, the speaker is describing the intensity of the love that he feels for his wife. He fears that if he lowers his guard, she will take advantage of his passion and use it to hurt him. In a way, though, it frightens him even more to think that she has a strong enough love for him to be able to do this.
The idea here is that when everyone else is running from a situation there is nothing to fear. When you fall in love with someone who loves you back in return, there’s nothing better than believing you have found your soulmate. The problem with that idea is that not everyone can handle being in love.
Sometimes, if people get too fond of their lovers they begin to feel overwhelmed by the thought of losing them—and start to lose sight of their own dreams and ambitions to stay with them.
Source: The Constant Gardener
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