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"..if there is pain, nurse it, and if there is a flame, don't snuff it out, don't be brutal with it. Withdrawal can be a terrible thing when it keeps us awake at night, and watching others forget us sooner than we'd want to be forgotten is no better. We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste! 

How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there's only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain." 

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How much sorrow can I take? 

Blackbird on my shoulder 

And what difference does it make 

When this love is over? 

Shall I sleep within your bed 

River of unhappiness 

Hold your hands upon my head 

Till I breathe my last breath 

 Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me 

The last time that you touched me 

Oh, will wonders ever cease? 

Blessed be the mystery of love.