• Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence.

    Margaret Atwood: Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence.
    Margaret Atwood (2007). “The Blind Assassin: A Novel”, p.76, Anchor