If somebody tells you, "I'll love you for ever," will you believe it?
I don't think there's any reason not to. We are ready to believe such commitment at the moment, whatever change may happen afterwards. As for the belief in an everlasting love, that's another thing.
Then you may be asked whether there is such a thing as an everlasting love. I'd answer I believe in it. But an everlasting love is not immutable（不变的）.
You may unswervingly love or be loved by a person. But love will change its composition with the passage of time. It will not remain the same. In the course of your growth and as a result of your increased experience, love will become something different to you.
In the beginning you believed a fervent love for a person could last indefinitely. By and by, however, "fervent" gave way to "prosaic（平凡的）" . Precisely because of this change it became possible for love to last. then what was meant by an everlasting love would eventually end up in a sort of interdependence.
We used to insist on the difference between love and liking. The former seemed much more beautiful than the latter. One day, however, it turns out there's really no need to make such difference. Liking is actually a sort of love. By the same token, the everlasting interdependence is actually an everlasting love.
I wish I could believe there was somebody who would love me for ever. That's, as we all know, too romantic to be true. Instead, it will more often than not be a case of lasting relationship.
相关单词：everlasting
everlasting解释：adj.永恒的，持久的，无止境的
everlasting例句：
These tyres are advertised as being everlasting.广告上说轮胎持久耐用。
He believes in everlasting life after death.他相信死后有不朽的生命。
相关单词：lasting
lasting解释：adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持
lasting例句：
The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
相关单词：immutable
immutable解释：adj.不可改变的，永恒的
immutable例句：
Nothing in the world is immutable.世界没有一成不变的东西。
They free our minds from considering our world as fixed and immutable.它们改变着人们将世界看作是永恒不变的观点。
相关单词：fervent
fervent解释：adj.热的，热烈的，热情的
fervent例句：
It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
Austria was among the most fervent supporters of adolf hitler.奥地利是阿道夫希特勒最狂热的支持者之一。
相关单词：prosaic
prosaic解释：adj.单调的，无趣的
prosaic例句：
The truth is more prosaic.真相更加乏味。
It was a prosaic de
相关单词：precisely
precisely解释：adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地
precisely例句：
It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
相关单词：liking
liking解释：n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢
liking例句：
The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
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