“Love is so short, and forgetting is so long.”
Permalink: Pablo Neruda
About this quote
The line comes from the same sonnet as 'Tonight I can write the saddest lines', written by a Neruda of twenty in a burst of very young love. The grammar carries the argument: love is short, forgetting is long, and the imbalance survives the feeling.
Source: Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair