by Carl Strathmann (1866–1939)
Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable.
― Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sources:
[1] Original image from Wikimedia.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as a 10" x 7.75" @ 300 ppi JPEG.
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