Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesth

Summary

This quote suggests that being in love results in a state of illusion and delusion. It implies that love distorts our perception, causing us to idealize and idolize our partner, likening them to divine beings. In this sense, the quote conveys that the experience of love can temporarily blind us to the reality of a person's flaws and imperfections, leading us to perceive them as flawless and extraordinary beings. It highlights the tendency to see the object of our affection through rose-tinted glasses, blurring the line between reality and fantasy.

By Henry Louis Mencken

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