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To be lost and forgotten-to be abandoned-is a shared and terrible fear, just as our fondest hope, as we grow older, is that we might leave some parts of us behind in the hearts of those we love and in that way live on.

Stewart O'Nan
Heart, Might, Way
Stewart O'Nan (2008). “The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy”, p.363, Anchor
To be lost and forgotten-to be abandoned-is a shared and terrible fear, just as our fondest hope, as we grow older, is that we might leave some parts of us behind in the hearts of those we love and in that way live on.