Quote by Adrienne Rich

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

Summary

This quote suggests that once we have experienced being loved, it will forever leave an indelible mark on us. The "crippling fever" symbolizes the intensity of this love, indicating that it had a profound impact on our lives. Love has the power to heal, but it can also leave us vulnerable and forever changed. Whether the love was reciprocated or not, its presence will always be a part of who we are, shaping our emotions, actions, and relationships, even long after the initial experience.

Topics

Love

By Adrienne Rich

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The respect that you have for yourself sets a standard for o

The respect that you have for yourself sets a standard for others.

Love Respect Friendship Friends Standards

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activ

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1

Time

In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithfu

In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of my compatriots.

Norodom Sihamoni

Life

Shortly after I met Bill Gates, Bill's dad asked each of us

Shortly after I met Bill Gates, Bill's dad asked each of us to write down on a piece of paper one word that would best describe what had helped us the most. Bill and I, without any collaboration at all, each wrote the word "focus.

A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he doe

A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.

Life Change History Man

Spices are very hot, very hip. I love spices. I've always lo

Spices are very hot, very hip. I love spices. I've always loved the Mediterranean flavors.

Love

Success action is cumulative in its results.

Success action is cumulative in its results.

Wallace D. Wattles

Success & Failure

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. W

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!

Birthday

He tells himself over and over again in any choice presented

He tells himself over and over again in any choice presented to him, 'Prefer the hard.' This holds good not only in great matters, but also in very small, in fighting by the frozen Danube and in starting the day early.

Marcus Aurelius

Choice

I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she w

I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.

William Henry Hudson

Cool

I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I ca

I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation.

Funny