Friendship may
“
Friendship may,
and often does,
grow into love,
but love never
subsides into
friendship.
”
Meaning
This quote means friendship can grow into romantic love, but once love has fully changed a relationship, it rarely returns to pure friendship. It describes love as a one-way transformation.
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