Michael Dimmitt’s Reviews > Meditations > Status Update

A branch cut from another branch is also, of necessity, cut from the whole tree. Just so, a man estranged from another man is separated from the rest of humanity. [...]

Generally speaking, a branch that is grafted on after having been broken off is not the same as the one that grows up with the tree and breathes with it from birth. As the gardeners say, the graft belongs to the tree but doesn't share its thoughts.