Quote by C.S. Lewis

If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separation (and this may be one of their purgatorial sufferings), then for both lovers, and for all pairs of lovers without exception, bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.

If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains

Summary

This quote suggests that the pain of separation is not exclusive to the living, but may also be experienced by the dead. The idea is that this suffering could be one of the purgatorial or cleansing torments they endure. Therefore, the quote suggests that bereavement, the feeling of loss and grief, is an essential aspect of love that all lovers, both living and deceased, inevitably go through. It implies that separation and the agony of losing a loved one is an inherent and universal component of our understanding and experience of love.

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Grief Grieving

By C.S. Lewis

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