Parting
- Parting: The temporary death that reveals the value of life
Why is the pain of parting actually proof of the depth of the bond?
Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell. - Parting: The art of releasing the arrow and remaining an empty bow
Why is the most successful parenting the kind that makes us obsolete?
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. - Parting: The eternal journey from oneself to oneself
Why did Odysseus choose the smoke rising from his homeland over immortality?
For indeed, there is nothing sweeter than a person's homeland... - Parting: How separation creates holiness, beauty, and meaning
Is parting a loss, or is it actually the force that gives things their beauty and their holiness?
Every intensification is a step toward perfection, and perfection is a stage toward holiness. - Parting: the distance where love breathes
What if parting is not the end of love, but the very condition for its existence?
Let her be forbidden for seven days, so that she will be as beloved to her husband as at the time she entered the bridal canopy.