Shawn L. Bird

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behave well & badly May 29, 2012

Filed under: Literature,Pondering — Shawn L. Bird @ 11:09 pm
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In Fire and Hemlock Diana Wynn Jones says,

For you , the only way to behave well was to behave badly.  For me, the only way to win was to lose.  You weren’t to know me, and I wasn’t to remember you.

The paradox of this captured me, so I copied it down to ponder.   The rest of this quote talks about letting go being the only real way to love someone.

What does it mean to you?