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Maurice Maeterlinck

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.

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The deepest sadness we feel after losing someone we care about comes from remembering times when we didn’t show them as much love as we could have. This regret over missed chances to express our feelings makes the pain of loss even harder to bear.

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