If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future -- a declaration that things can be not only different but better. Hanif Kureishi
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The idea in this quote is that if you never leave anything or anyone behind then there would be no room for new people or even old people. The attitude seems to imply that if someone doesn't leave an old person behind then that person can't move on. In a sense, sometimes it's better to be a betrayer of the old and new, an enemy of one's self, because it allows us to grow and change.

Source: Intimacy: Das Buch Zum Film Von Patrice ChaReau

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