I learned that time manages the most painful partings for us. One has only to set the date, buy the ticket, and let the earth, sun, and moon make their passages through the sky, until inexorable time carries us with it to the moment of parting.

Jill Ker Conway
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I learned that time manages the most painful partings for us. One has only to set the date, buy the ticket, and let the earth, sun, and moon make their passages through the sky, until inexorable time carries us with it to the moment of parting. This quote is beautiful. It captures time as a great healer of loss. Time can make even the most painful parting an event that is to be remembered fondly. This is because the pain of loss can easily fade away when you are able to remember your loved one fondly.

Source: The Road From Coorain: A Womans Exquisitely Clearsighted Memoir Of Growing Up Australian

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