Where does love go? When something you have taped on the wall falls off, what has happened to the stickum? It has relaxed. It has accumulated an assortment of hairs and fuzzies. It has said "Fuck it" and given up. It doesn't go anywhere special, it's just gone. Energy is created, and then it is destroyed. So much for the laws of physics. So much for chemistry. So much for not so much. Lorrie Moore
About This Quote

This quote is an ode to the elusive nature of love. Love can be tacked up on the wall until time erases it, but once you read it you can never experience it again. The quote is about how love appears to be something special, but upon further inspection, love is really quite ordinary. You can have an idea about what love is, but you never truly know until you experience it for yourself.

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