Sometimes you wonder if it is worth getting attached to people if it will be this difficult to part with them later. Arseny slapped Brother Hugo on the back as he embraced him: You know, O friend, any meeting is surely more than parting. There is emptiness before meeting someone, just nothing, but there is no longer emptiness after parting. After having met someone once, it is impossible to part completely. A person remains in the memory, as a part of the memory. The person created that part and that part lives, sometimes coming into contact with its creator. Otherwise, how would we sense
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