Long time Quote by Amy Leach
““There are some things you can do forever. Given a deep enough shaft, you can fall forever. You can forget forever, and disintegrate forever, and you can laugh for a very long time. But you cannot bleed for long—not you, not citruses, not twites or treepies, not orangequits or plushcaps or jewel-babblers, nor any creature whose vessels flutter with warm, swirling, cell-bearing plasma. Either your leak will mend or you will become void. Only love can bleed forever; only love has endless blood. Only love's slender drooping tassels can bleed yet grow stronger, bleed yet grow brighter; redder, redder, never spent, never phantasmal-gray. Maybe, if it only gets kicked, then love is love-lies-dented, and in a few days it replumps. But when it suffers a terrible wound, love seems able neither to heal—to grow substitute tissue over its damage—nor to run dry.””
About This Quote
Source Poem: Untitled, 2021, published in literary journal
Love is the only thing that can bleed forever, unlike all other things that eventually cease.
In simple terms: Love endures eternally, unlike everything else.
Key Takeaway
Cherish love’s lasting power.
Themes
love
eternity
vulnerability
growth
contrast
Mood
reflective
melancholic
Type
poetic
philosophical
When to use this quote
- relationships
- grief counseling
- creative writing
- spiritual practice
Key Concepts
metaphor
philosophical reflection
emotional resilience
Questions to Reflect On
- What does “bleed forever” mean to you?
- How can love grow stronger after loss?
A Different Perspective
Risk of over‑romanticizing love’s pain.
