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I also think that life itself is both indifferent to us and the source of all of our joys and everything that we love. And it's necessary to accept the one in order to love the other.

W. S. Merwin
Thinking, Order, Joy
"An Interview with W. S. Merwin, Poet Laureat". Interview with Ed Rampell, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. October 25, 2010.
I also think that life itself is both indifferent to us and the source of all of our joys and everything that we love. And it's necessary to accept the one in order to love the other.