#46
The Age of Innocence-Edith Wharton
Newland sees Ellen for the last time in Paris but chooses not to approach her. By avoiding goodbye, he keeps her alive in memory rather than ending her presence with words
As I was reading this, these words passed my mind and I decided to write them down.
They did not fight, nor break, nor burn down the bridge between them. They simply walked it in opposite directions, step by step, without looking back. And somewhere between laughter that no longer rang familiar and silences that grew heavier than comfort, they became strangers again, two people with shared maps in their memory, now erased by time’s patient hand.
The End 🤓
Well, personally I do not like goodbyes. I can intuitively sense when I am seeing someone for the last time. I will never forget the summer I last saw my grandpa. I remember looking into his eyes and knowing it would be the final time. The same thing happened with someone I loved. As soon as that intuition comes, I know it is the last time, and I hold on to every moment without letting them know, without saying goodbyes. Does it get any easier? Never