Quote#Love
Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take…
Quote byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 1811–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Virginians (1857-1859), Ch. 21..
English (original)
Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it. I think we take it with us past the grave. Do we not still give it to those who have left us? May we not hope that they feel it for us, and that we shall leave it here in one or two fond bosoms, when we also are gone?
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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