--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You will love again, people say. Give it…" description: "\"You will love again, people say. Give it time. Me with time running out. Day after day of the everyday. What they call real life, made of eighth-inch g..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/jack-gilbert-10996_alive_you-will-love-again-people-say-give-it-t_1490197.png" --- # You will love again, people say. Give it time. Me with… ![“You will love again, people say. Give it time. Me with time running out. Day after day of the everyday. What they call real life, made of eighth-inch gauge. Newness strutting around as if it were significant. Irony, neatness and rhyme pretending to be poetry. I want to go back to that time after…” quote by Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/jack-gilbert-10996_alive_you-will-love-again-people-say-give-it-t_1490197.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/jack-gilbert-10996_alive_you-will-love-again-people-say-give-it-t_1490197.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/806/jack-gilbert-10996_alive_you-will-love-again-people-say-give-it-t_1490197.png) > “You will love again, people say. Give it time. Me with time running out. Day after day of the everyday. What they call real life, made of eighth-inch gauge. Newness strutting around as if it were significant. Irony, neatness and rhyme pretending to be poetry. I want to go back to that time after Michiko's death when I cried every day among the trees. To the real. To the magnitude of pain, of being that much alive.” [Jack Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-gilbert/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker reflects on love, loss, and the intense awareness of being alive that follows deep grief. **In simple terms:** Grief sharpens feeling, making life feel both painful and vivid. Key Takeaway Embrace pain as a sign of living fully. Themes love grief existence memory Mood melancholic reflective Type poetic philosophical When to use this quote - bereavement - creative writing - therapy sessions - personal introspection Key Concepts mortality intensity reflection poetry Questions to Reflect On - What does pain teach you about life? - Can love be reclaimed after loss? 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