Bleeding Hearts and Healing Souls: When Love Cuts Deep — Inspired by This Thing Called Love

Some books don’t just tell a love story — they peel you open.

This Thing Called Love by Deblina Bhattacharyya is one such read. It doesn’t promise perfection or predictability. It promises vulnerability, emotional surrender, and the type of love that aches before it heals. This isn’t a traditional review — it’s an emotional reckoning.

Through three quotes from the book that felt almost too personal, I’ve reflected on the kind of love that breaks, bends, and still finds its way to bloom. If you’ve ever loved someone so deeply that their silence echoed in your soul, you’ll feel this one deeply too.

1. When Love Means Bleeding Through Your Soul

“When you love someone with all your heart, their pain becomes your pain… and you bleed through your soul.”

There’s a different kind of heartbreak that comes from not being able to help the person you love. Watching their grief from the sidelines, aching as though it were your own — that’s a form of love not everyone speaks about. This quote cuts into that unspoken wound.

It reminded me of moments where I’ve wanted to carry someone’s sadness just to lighten their burden. And that’s what Deven does for Amaira — he doesn’t step in to fix her; he simply stays. He chooses to feel her grief with her, not to silence it, but to share its weight.

That kind of love — the kind that quietly bleeds for someone else — is rare. And this story makes it feel seen.

2. When Love Feels Like a Fairytale — But Hurts Like Reality

“It’s because of you, that I now know fairytales are true…”

This quote sounds dreamy, right? But what makes it powerful is that it comes after the pain. This isn’t the fairytale where love arrives to save you. It’s the one where love stands by you as you learn to save yourself — and never leaves while you do.

Deven doesn’t fall in love with an idea of Amaira — he falls for her confusion, her emotional baggage, her untamed dreams. His love doesn’t demand change. It offers space. And that’s what makes it feel like a real-life fairytale — because it’s rooted in understanding, not fantasy.

Reading this quote felt like a whisper of possibility — that maybe love isn’t about being rescued. Maybe it’s about being recognized.

3. When Love Becomes a Tiring Dance of Hope and Hurt

“We take one step forward, four steps back – how long can this last?”

This line hit the hardest. Because hope — especially when it keeps getting broken — is heavy. This isn’t the dramatic kind of heartbreak. This is quiet. Exhausting. Repetitive. The kind that wears you down until even love feels like a burden.

Amaira and Deven’s love isn’t toxic. It’s tired. Tired of trying, of breaking, of hoping again and again. And that tiredness is real — in many of our lives too. The wish for someone to just stay. Not demand answers, not offer solutions — just stay. Believe. Breathe beside you.

I’ve lived that emotional dance — the one where you keep asking, “How long can I keep hoping before I lose myself?” This quote gave it a voice.

Why This Story Leaves a Mark

This Thing Called Love is more than just a romance novel. It’s an emotional confession — the kind you’d write at 3 a.m. and never send. It speaks to the parts of you that have waited, wept, and whispered “maybe next time.”

Deven and Amaira don’t represent perfect love. They represent honest love. The kind where two broken people try to build a soft place for each other to land — even when they’re unsure of the future. That’s what makes this story linger. It doesn’t tell you love is easy. It tells you that sometimes, love is worth the ache.

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Final Thought

If you’ve ever loved someone so much it made you question your own strength — this blog is for you. If you’ve felt the ache of loving someone who’s hurting, the quiet surrender of being someone’s peace — you’ve lived this book in some way.

I’d love to know — which quote resonated with you the most? Let’s talk about the kind of love that doesn’t sparkle — but softens and stays.

TAGS – This Thing Called Love, Deblina Bhattacharyya, Emotional Romance, Indian Romance Books, Quote-Based Blog, Love and Healing, Book Quotes, Indie Romance Reads, Book Reflection, Readers Who Feel Deeply

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