Themes
I no longer love her, that’s certain, but maybe I love her. Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
— Pablo Neruda
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Certainty about the end of love immediately gives way to doubt. The following contrast stretches forgetting far beyond the duration of the relationship, explaining why a clean emotional ending feels elusive. The lines let conflicting feelings coexist instead of resolving them into one settled answer.
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