Love and weapons kill much the same way.1
True, though it depends on what stage of love and which weapon you’re comparing. Falling in love is rather like a shotgun blast to the skull: quick, complete and irreversible. Falling out of love is, in contrast, like being stabbed in the stomach and left to die slowly of bloodloss.
- Boy Sets Fire : The Misery Index – Notes From The Plague Years : Falling Out Theme↩