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“It is so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”

John Steinbeck

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Simplified Meaning:

When something good or positive goes away, it feels much worse than if it had never been there at all.

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Absence Contrast Darkness Grief Hope Light Loss Melancholy Memory Sorrow
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