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This is not to say that joy is a compensation for loss, but that each of them, joy and loss, exists in its own right and must be recognised for what it is ... so joy can be joy and sorrow can be sorrow, with neither of them casting either light or shadow on the other.
-Marilynne Robinson
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This Is Not To Say That Joy

Marilynne Robinson
This is not to say that joy is a compensation for loss, but that each of them, joy and loss, exists in its own right and must be recognised for what it is ... so joy can be joy and sorrow can be sorrow, with neither of them casting either light or shadow on the other.
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