Jonathan Hull - So who is better off, those who share love long enough to see which parts i

So who is better off, those who share love long enough to see which parts inevitably fade or those who lose their love when it is still pristine? I think each is lonely in a different place, though if you lose your love while it is still perfect you at least have a clear explanation for your grief, while if it gradually crumbles in your hands you do not.

- Jonathan Hull

source: Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books

topic: Lonely, Grief, Thinking