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Andre Gide

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.

Andre Gide

Beauty

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The quote means that holding too tightly to past experiences can prevent us from seeing new happiness in the future. Just like waves look beautiful because the previous ones have pulled back, new joys can only come when we let go of what came before.

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