Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
Song lyrics, Amarantine (2005)
“How selfhood begins with a walking away,
And love is proved in the letting go.”
"Walking Away" (1962), p. 33
Requiem for the Living (1964)
Context: I have had worse partings, but none that so
Gnaws at my mind still. Perhaps it is roughly
Saying what God alone could perfectly show —
How selfhood begins with a walking away,
And love is proved in the letting go.
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