"I thought about the dog and was suddenly very sad; sad about her death, for my death, for all the inevitable dying that comes with change. There's no ...












There's no choice that doesn't mean a loss.

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"Perhaps it is worse when love has flowed freely to find it one day dammed.
"Walk with me, memory to memory, the shared path, the mutual view. Walk with me. The past lies in wait. It is not behind. It seems to be in front. How ...
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