The knowledge that he had left me with no intent ever to return had come over me in tiny droplets of realization spread over the years. And each droplet of comprehension brought its own small measure of hurt.. He had wished me well in finding my own fate to follow, and I never doubted his sincerity. But it had taken me years to accept that his absence in my life was a deliberate finality, an act he had chosen, a thing completed even as some part of my soul still dangled, waiting for his return. .Robin Hobb
About This Quote
This quote is very meaningful for people who are in love with someone who left them. The pain of knowing that your loved one is no longer part of your life is like a second heart attack. It causes you to be old before your time and to realize that you never really had a chance to be together. This quote makes it clear that the emptiness you feel when someone leaves you will never be filled up or taken away.
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