Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot ac…

Andrew Solomon
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Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot achieve this state by seeking tragedy, but you can keep yourself open more to sorrow's richness than to unmediated despair. Tragedies with happy endings may be sentimental tripe, or they may be the true meaning of love. ✨ Andrew Solomon (2013). Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, p.701, Simon and Schuster
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