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Aug 15, 2012 02:04PM
This book was light and refreshing, perfect for summer. But could someone explain the last line to me? Was this a reference to something else earlier in the book? To a movie? I'm not getting it.
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Read this a little while ago, so I don't remember exactly what it was. Can you post it?
It's where Beth says she is surprised that love doesn't turn of it's lights and tha Lincoln can keep loving her without needing space. Lincoln rolls over on top of Beth and replies, "There's no air in space."
Hmmm, well I think Beth's previous BF maybe said something about needing space and that was why he was breaking up with her? "There's no air in space" - Well I looked this up and it seems to be from an episode of the Simpsons...Lincoln was a bit of a sci-fi nerd so maybe that's why he'd say it. (Because sci-fi nerds like the Simpsons? lol) But it fits the situation. It's probably something closer to meaning that you can't live where there is no air. Love can't live where there is too much space. The BF said he needed space, so he didn't truly love her(though he probably said he did). Lincoln loves her and no "needing of space" is involved. My take on it if I'm remembering correctly...Hopefully that makes some sense...
Cheyenne, thanks. That makes sense! And it probably is a Simpsons reference, being set in 1999/2000.
Oh yeah! I didn't think about the time frame, so yep. Very clever of Rainbow to throw that in. And you're very welcome!
LIncoln can't breathe without her!
The last lines are:"Lincoln? Are you asleep?"
"I didn't know someone could love me like this," she said. "Could love me and love me and love me without...needing space."
Lincoln wasn't asleep. He rolled on top of her.
"There's no air in space," he said.
I'm just gonna go with the simple and funny explanation that space is imaginative and figurative. Lincoln isn't giving her space by rolling on top of her as a sign of his affection - additionally, if a big guy like him is on top you can't breath. So he uses her word 'space' to simulate outer space with his funny remark :)
~dumpling
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