Absent Quote by Tobsha Learner

“This may be the very nature of love, a passion as fickle as the sea, full of certainty when the object of desire is absent, yet dubious when confronted again with the lover's presence.” quote by Tobsha Learner — Download Open image

“This may be the very nature of love, a passion as fickle as the sea, full of certainty when the object of desire is absent, yet dubious when confronted again with the lover's presence.”

Tobsha Learner

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