“It is too late to start
For destinations not of the heart.
I must stay here with my hurt.”
R.S. Thomas (1913–2000) Welsh poet
"Here"
Tares (1961)
“The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.”
Killers of the Dream https://books.google.com/books/about/Killers_of_the_Dream.html?id=fvab8gnFH_kC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=snippet&q=%22There%20is%20a%20return%20journey%20to%20anguish%20that%20few%20of%20us%20are%20released%20from%20making.%22&f=false, Chapter 1: "When I Was a Child", pp 25-26
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Variant: We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
Source: The Mark of Athena