A revelation.
You can fully claim possession of something only if you can endure the pain of losing it.
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A genuine insight. Loss is part of the general fabric of life, as is change. Along a similar line, I read somewhere that we should regard all that we possess — those whom we love, those qualities we have developed — as being “on loan.” It’s this very transitory quality which gives each chapter, each element of our lives, its unique value and sometimes its intensity.