... we chase after ghosts and spirits and are left holding only memories and dreams. It's not that we want what we can't have; it's that we've held all we could want and then had to watch it slip away.
![... we chase after ghosts and spirits and are left holding only memories and dreams. It's not that we want what we can't have; it's that we've held all we could want and then had to watch it slip away.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/charles-de-lint/-we-chase-after-ghosts-and-spirits-and-are-left-holding-only-memories-and-dreams-its-not-that-we-want.jpg)
... we chase after ghosts and spirits and are left holding only memories and dreams. It's not that we want what we can't have; it's that we've held all we could want and then had to watch it slip away.