“The anguish of loss may be redeemed, but can never be mediated.”

—  William Barrett (philosopher), book Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy

Source: Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy (1958), Chapter Seven, Kierkegard, p. 138

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