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This reads as a reminder that grief is often tied to love, not just loss. It can be taken to mean that sorrow points back to what once mattered deeply, so sadness is also evidence of attachment. In a moment of missing someone or something precious, it lands as a way of naming pain without treating it as empty or accidental.
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