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Persuasion · 1817
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
Behind the line
What it means
Our 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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