Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

by Nghi Vo

No one is as they were five years ago, or two years ago, or a week ago, or a moment ago. If you love someone, you must let them change.

They were changing, and Cleric Thien had always said that change hurt, but it was bearable if you watched it, if you accepted it and knew that it was always coming.

growing up, growing older, was always a kind of loss, even if what was gained repaid it all and then some.