I basked in you; I loved you, helplessly, with a boundless tongue-tied love. And death doesn't prevent me from loving you. Besides, in my opinion you aren't dead.( I know dead people, and you are not dead.)

Franz Wright
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I basked in you;I loved you, helplessly, with a boundless tongue-tied love.And death doesn't prevent me from loving you.Besides, in my opinion you aren't dead.(I know dead people, and you are not dead.) is a line spoken by a man in love to a woman who has just died. This quote is telling the reader that the man was in love with the woman and that he mourns her death. However, this quote also says that he is not going to let her death stop him from being in love with her. The line goes on to say that he is not going to let her death stop him from loving her.

In this way, the quote encourages the reader to never give up when they fall in love with someone. It also says that when they do fall in love with someone they will always be able to move on from the person because he claims he knows people who have died and they are not dead. The message of this quote is that even after a tragic loss, someone can still be in love with the person who has died and will always be able to move on from them because their death didn’t stop him from loving them.

Source: Walking To Marthas Vineyard

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