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I want you to know how much I love you. That you've given a meaning to my life that I had no right to expect, and that no one can ever take from me.

— Meet Joe Black • 1998

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The declaration thanks another person for giving life an unexpected meaning. The speaker treats that gift as lasting, something that remains beyond anyone else’s power to remove. Love is expressed through gratitude for an experience already received, rather than a request for a future promise.

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