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One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
— Jane Austen · Persuasion
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker argues that suffering in a place need not diminish affection for it, unless suffering has filled the experience completely. The qualification matters: painful and loving memories can coexist in this view. The passage makes room for attachment that survives mixed feelings.
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