Hannah Brencher. If you find this letter ... How I found the meaning of life by writing hundreds of letters to strangers (№ 455907)

We needed a deadline. The date that can be marked on the calendar is the day when all tears dry up and we become whole again. I think it was a revelation to both of us that love is not such a one-piece thing. It was the first realization that sometimes we give ourselves to each other, but we don’t get everything back.