What does this sentence about a cliché bouncing back like a boomerang mean?

Question

What does this sentence mean in chapter 01 of *Peel My Love Like an Onion* by Ana Castillo? > But you must be really in love for the cliché to bounce back like a boomerang smack dab between the eyes with the ring of the gospel truth to your born-again ears.

Answer 1

Great question.

The sentence suggests that how we react to certain words depends in very large part on our situation in life.

For instance, if you're just an impartial bystander, and you observe a couple making goo-goo eyes and calling each other "snookums" (or whatever), you probably just want to gag, right?

HOWEVER, if YOU are the one in love, then what would have been a harsh judgment about cliched lovey-dovey talk, can turn around like a boomerang and hit you as totally real and meaningful.

Make sense?

Best wishes!