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There's going to be twice as much love in the house as there was before.

— Marge ‧ The Simpsons

A little white paper house on stilts above a group of magenta and gold lanterns on a green background.
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The speaker predicts that the household will contain twice as much love as before. Treating affection as something that can be doubled turns an emotional change into a simple measure. The line offers a hopeful picture of home without explaining here what will bring that increase.

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