Did I never explain to you about love, Reva?' Pa asked. I gave him a look, and he laughed uncomfortably. 'I guess not. Let me put it in a way you'll understand. Love is like stinging nettles. Only they prick from the inside out, starting at your heart and bursting on around. It's worse when it gets here'--he rubbed the bridge of his nose--'then your vision goes a little strange. But eventually the nettles stop stinging--once she agrees to kiss you. But they start right back up again when she agrees to marry you--'' Pa, ' I interrupted, 'that's not love, that's fear.' Pa shook his head, looking off admiringly in the direction where Lacrimora had disappeared. 'Same thing, in my case. . Merrie Haskell
About This Quote

In this quote from Archibald McLeish's play Archibald, the character of Pa tells his son Reva, about love. In this quote, Pa explains how love is not a simple emotion but a complex one that requires a great deal of thinking and planning. Pa says that love is like nettles that will stinging when you first meet someone they do not know anything about you. After a while the nettles stop stinging and they start to find out about you and build trust.

The second they agree to kiss you the nettles start stinging again if it is not time for them to get married. It all comes full circle when it is time for them to get married and stop stinging.

Source: The Princess Curse

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