“Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of earth.” — Emily Dickinson
(My brain hurts! She makes love sound like a math equation! No wonder love can be so confusing! Just kidding, folks. Love is an eternal force of the universe. Don’t try to fight it. Accept it. Embrace it. Harness it and champion it, for the good of mankind and the world. Happy Valentine’s Day, friends! Be well and do good.) — YUR
PS. Some online sites have the last word of this quotation as “breath”. Why? I know not. I like it better with “earth”. — YUR
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The majority of them say “breath.” Very poetic. This one was not easy, even after I guessed it started with LOVE IS …
Love Doctor 😍😍
I know why! Breath actually rhymes with death and earth just looks like it rhymes!
I “think” the original is EARTH, Pat. It makes more sense, to me. And, I don’t think Ms. Dickinson cared all that much about rhyming. — YUR
That’s me, drb! LOL! — YUR