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“And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
Separation can expose the depth of attachment that ordinary familiarity concealed, making loss a painful measure of how much the bond mattered.
Source note: The Prophet, “On Love.”
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“Parting is such sweet sorrow.”
Voice: Fictional character · Juliet
The phrase holds affection and pain together: separation hurts precisely because the relationship being left is valued.
Source note: Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2; Juliet speaks as the lovers part for the night.
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“’Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.”
Love can remain worth having even when it ends in loss, because avoiding grief by avoiding attachment would also remove the relationship itself.
Source note: In Memoriam A.H.H., Canto 27.
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“Trust love even if it brings sorrow. Do not close up your heart.”
The advice refuses to make sorrow a reason for emotional withdrawal, presenting openness to love as worthwhile even when attachment can also bring pain.
Source note: The Gardener, poem 27; Project Gutenberg #6686. This is dialogue within a lyric sequence, and the surrounding exchange explicitly pairs love with tears and enduring sorrow.
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“You have buried one whom you loved; look about for someone to love.”
Continuing to love does not erase the person who died; it refuses to let bereavement close the capacity for relationship permanently.
Source note: Letter 63 urges remembrance of a lost friend while continuing to participate in friendship and life.
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“Let not the eyes be dry when we have lost a friend, nor let them overflow.”
Grief is neither forbidden nor allowed to consume everything; the line recommends honest mourning held within proportion.
Source note: Letter 63, on grief for lost friends, argues against both emotional numbness and endless mourning.