And the reason he cannot bear her dying is not the loss of her (which is the future) but that dying puts the two of them — Anne Carson
And the reason he cannot bear her dying is not the loss of her (which is the future) but that dying puts the two of them — Anne Carson
And the reason he cannot bear her dying is not the loss of her (which is the future) but that dying puts the two of them — Anne Carson
And the reason he cannot bear her dying is not the loss of her (which is the future) but that dying puts the two of them — Anne Carson
And the reason he cannot bear her dying is not the loss of her (which is the future) but that dying puts the two of them — Anne Carson
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And the reason he cannot bear her dying is not the loss of her (which is the future) but that dying puts the two of them (now) into this nakedness together that is unforgivable.

— Anne Carson
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