“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel.”
— Louise Erdrich
The Painted Drum
Erdrich's reflection on the inevitability of pain and the necessity of love.
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