Quote by Elizabeth Bowen
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.
Summary
This quote suggests that while the heart may hold onto the belief that it knows what is best, our senses tell us that absence erases the presence of people from our lives. It argues that there are truly no absent friends because when someone chooses to separate themselves from our lives, even if they do so reluctantly or painfully, we see them as betrayers who have stepped outside of our comfort zone. Despite the heart's pleas to empathize, a harsh judgment is cast upon the friend who has left.
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Absence
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