Date of purchase : 2014 or 2015 possibly
Date of reading : 1st reading 2015 possibly, 2nd reading 3rd March 2018
I finished 'The Last Letter From Your Lover', by Jojo Moyes a second time. It is a special book to me because this was almost the first book that gave me an idea of what love is. Also, it is the first book I read by Jojo Moyes which eventually made me read the rest of her works.
It is pointless to define love in simple words. Even so, if I should, I believe it is all about caring. When one is in real love who believes she is a soulmate, her safety, convenience, and smile become his only life concern. She becomes the centre of his life and everything he does is for her. She is the reason for his existence.
As mentioned in the book, it is indeed a gift to have someone to love. To love properly, I think one needs to understand what their love must be and have his own idea of love. Loving someone should be a constant effort to understand them properly and correctly. It is all about understanding.
I would like to mention two favorite quotes from The Last Letter From your Lover.
“Somewhere in this world is a man who loves you, who understands how precious and clever and kind you are. A man who has always loved you and, to his detriment, suspects he always will.”
“To have someone out there who understands you, who desires you, who sees you as a better version of yourself, is the most astonishing gift.”
Every single person who has loved someone in their life can understand the meaning of these two quotes. These are exactly what we feel towards someone whom we love, but it is excessively difficult to express them in exact words. And Jojo Moyes is one of the few who actually achieved this in this book.
