Before he'd met Anna, he'd thought he'd known what love was, thought he'd understood about friendship, romance, all o fit, but he hadn't - not at all. Until he'd held Anna in his arms, until he'd let her see his soul, until he'd heard her cry gently when he made love to her for the first time, he'd known nothing. Gemma Malley
About This Quote

The quote above is taken from the book, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, the author of War & Peace. The quote is about how love can change our understanding of everything else. It makes us see things in a completely different light. The narrator in the story of Anna Karenina had never experienced true love until he met Anna.

He did not know what true friendship was before he met Vronsky, and he did not understand romance before he met Vronsky. When Anna came into his life, everything changed. The narrator goes on to say that true love is a thing of beauty, and it makes us appreciate so many things more than we would otherwise.

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