“Absence from whom we love is worse than death,
And frustrate hope severer than despair.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
"Hope, like the short-lived ray that gleams awhile", line 35.
“There are so many worse things than death. Not to be loved or not to be able to love: that is worse.”
— Cassandra Clare, book Clockwork Princess
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