Throughout the book, the student has flashbacks of those college years. His professor explains the tension of opposites, telling him that we all live between two opposites much of the time. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do another. We live in the middle of these situations all our lives. Well, love wins.
Love always wins.
That may be a bit hard for us to hear. There are certainly many things we can point to in our own lives and in the world that looked at alone would not look like love has won. The Samaritan surely did sense this. His physical healing was a joy and so important. But more important was showing his gratitude and love for Jesus.