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Harlan Coben

You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.

Sad

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The quote means that certain experiences or emotions only make sense because their opposites exist, so happiness is understood because sadness is also part of life. It emphasizes that contrasting feelings or directions are connected and define each other by their differences.

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