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Love, the most delicious emotion of all. Without love you and I would be out of a job.
— The Devil · Brimstone
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker treats love almost like a business asset, praising it as the richest of feelings while admitting a selfish stake in it. Without love stirring people up, the speaker claims, there would be no work left to do. It's a wry, self-interested compliment dressed as admiration.
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