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?
Shawn L. Bird 
love is letting go May 26, 2012
Tags: Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock, letting go, love, release, surrender
Diana Wynne Jones writes, in Fire and Hemlock,
That’s profound.
Sad, too.
But on second thought- what does ‘let them go forever’ mean, really? Release them to the universe? Trust them? Say good-bye? Embrace them?
Can you hold someone physically while letting them go emotionally? or visa versa?
What do you think of this quote? What do you think Wynne-Jones means? Is it true?
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