bye-bye love, as in songs. All alone now. It was so sad. Why did such things have to disintegrate like that? Why did longing and desire, and friendliness and goodwill too, have to shatter into pieces? Why did they have to be so thoroughfully over?I could make myself cry even more by repeating the key word: love,alone, sad, over. I did it on purpose.

📖 Margaret Atwood

🌍 Canadian  |  👨‍💼 Novelist

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The excerpt reflects on themes of loneliness and the painful end of relationships, evoking a sense of deep sorrow. The speaker grapples with feelings of abandonment as they reminisce about love that has deteriorated, invoking the melancholy often found in songs. The emotional turmoil is heightened by the realization that connections can dissolve so completely, leaving an emptiness that is hard to bear.

There is an intense longing for understanding why...

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