She tells him that it does not matter if he is a man or a woman - her love will endure.
Their deep love had endured over fifty years, and they were married mere days after they found each other again.
Though his heart might ache, their love could endure whatever time was necessary until they could be together.
It is observed by a couple so long as love endures.
Even so, their love had endured for some years.
"Of course, there are many reasons that our love has endured," she says.
And when the cord was severed, the love would endure.
But the love of characters, as has been said, endures because it is self-dependent.
The film ends with the two in a tight embrace, each realizing that the other's love endures.