It's strange how quickly the significance of of a certain smell can change, depending on what path it decides to take through the brain. It's strange how close love and fear live to each other.

Fredrik Backman
It's strange how quickly the significance of of a certain...
It's strange how quickly the significance of of a certain...
It's strange how quickly the significance of of a certain...
It's strange how quickly the significance of of a certain...
About This Quote

In this quote, the author means that there are many similarities between love and fear. For instance, people who love each other really become afraid of their partners' possible departure from their lives. In the same way, people who have been scared of something for a long time will sometimes feel a special kind of love towards it.

Source: My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You Shes Sorry

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