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Sometimes we think we can find catharsis in the simplest of things: finishing a lost book, revisiting an old place, sending a message and receiving a reply. But then the moment arrives and fades away, and the sense of calm and clarity you envision never fully materializes. You are simply as you were before, breathless and incomplete, resigned to the realization that this is as it has always been: that life is about learning to live with longing and being able to turn away and close our eyes to the impossible.