why is the measure of love loss?
on jeanette winterson's written on the body
"Why is the measure of love loss?"
This is the opening line of Jeanette Winterson's novel Written on the Body. It is such a beautiful opening line and reading it for the first time immediately drew me in. The novel asks the questions: do we only value love once it is gone? Is grief the price of love? Where does our love go once everything is lost?
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