Quote by Derek Walcott: “You will love again the stranger who was your self.”

After loss, heartbreak, or a period of disconnection, you can rediscover yourself as if meeting someone new. The person you had forgotten — your true self — is waiting, and reconnecting with them is its own kind of falling in love.

Walcott published Sea Grapes in 1976, the collection containing 'Love After Love.' It arrived during a period of intense personal and creative reflection as the Caribbean navigated political independence and what cultural self-determination might mean in practice.

Saint Lucian poet and playwright who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. His work explored Caribbean identity, the colonial legacy, and the relationship between European and African cultures, with his epic poem Omeros considered his masterpiece.