--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Love is an immortal wound that cannot be…" description: "\"Love is an immortal wound that cannot be closed up. A person loses something, a part of her soul, when she loves someone. And she goes about looking fo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/lin-yutang-2491_found_love-is-an-immortal-wound-that-cannot-be_3215245.jpg" --- # Love is an immortal wound that cannot be closed up. A… ![“Love is an immortal wound that cannot be closed up. A person loses something, a part of her soul, when she loves someone. And she goes about looking for that lost part of her soul, for she knows that otherwise she is incomplete and cannot be at rest. It is only when she is with the person she…” quote by Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/lin-yutang-2491_found_love-is-an-immortal-wound-that-cannot-be_3215245.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/lin-yutang-2491_found_love-is-an-immortal-wound-that-cannot-be_3215245.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/lin-yutang-2491_found_love-is-an-immortal-wound-that-cannot-be_3215245.jpg) > “Love is an immortal wound that cannot be closed up. A person loses something, a part of her soul, when she loves someone. And she goes about looking for that lost part of her soul, for she knows that otherwise she is incomplete and cannot be at rest. It is only when she is with the person she loves that she becomes complete again in herself; but the moment he leaves, she loses that part which he has taken with him and knows no rest till she has found him once more.” [Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Love creates a deep longing that feels like a wound, and only reunion can heal that sense of incompleteness. **In simple terms:** Love is a wound that heals when lovers reunite. Key Takeaway Seek wholeness through love’s reunion. Themes love loss completion longing Mood melancholic poetic Type literary philosophical When to use this quote - romantic relationships - grief processing - personal healing Key Concepts existentialism spirituality Questions to Reflect On - What does completeness mean to you? - How do you cope with love’s absence? 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