Love

“Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.”

– Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987)

What does it mean?

Love is either complete or it doesn't exist. A weak, half-hearted love doesn't count as love.

Key vocabulary

ain't
informal for "isn't"
Thin
here, weak or not deep

Who said it?

Toni Morrison: American novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1931–2019). Source: Beloved (1987).

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