A sorrow that we try not to lose

Last updated on: November 23, 2015 at 1:02 pm by Dan Peterson

Dusk, with clouds — Each sunset means that the sun is rising somewhere else.
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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal — every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open — this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

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