ValentinnoI would not have imagined that love himself would have such a fatal blow this.
About This Quote
The idea behind this quote is that love is not something to be feared, but something to be cherished. From the perspective of the person speaking, she was aware of the great pain it must have caused when her husband died. However, in saying that she would have imagined that love himself would have had this fatal blow, she is expressing her belief in the power of love. The metaphor used here is if love were not able to stop his heart from beating, then love must have been truly powerful.
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