How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Is it love I feel? Or a oneness surpassing even love? For love is a human emotion, and what I sense now is beyond anything of this Earth. It's too perfect to have been conjured by mortals. For Isa is with me, and as my face tightens and tears come forth, I see only him.
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Many fear death. But I do not. For I've tasted this oneness we call love. Death cannot steal it. Nor temper it.
No, I'll take my love with me, wherever I travel.
And it shall endure. (25.59,63-65)
Jahanara loves to be a little dramatic when it comes to her love for Isa, but this particular moment doesn't quite trigger our gag reflexes as much as some of her other moments do. She is finally feeling content, and she has a connection with her beloved dead husband. What's wrong with that?