"She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage."

Pain, Emotion, Memory, Habit

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"She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage."

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"What do people fear most about death? I asked the reb."Fear?" he thought for a moment. 'Well, for one thing, what happens next? Where do we go? Is it what we imagined?"That's big."Yes. But there's something else."What else?He leaned forward."Being forgotten," he whispered."

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