Article March 6, 1989 Issue

Second Thought

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Christina Robb—February 8, 1987

The Boston Globe Magazine

"An aura of lastingness accumulates around people who have loved for a long time, and it comes across beautifully even to people who have never experienced love that can be reckoned in decades.

"It takes 50 years to realize how precious 50 years of friendship can be, and there is no shortcut, no way to make that kind of closeness instant. But it only takes a moment to see how such devotion ripens people and makes them lovely.

"Listening to people who've been inspired or lucky enough to love someone for a long, long time, you hear kindness; you hear dedication. And you hear the immense satisfaction and deep confidence that come from being loved back with a love that circles and circles and circles the heart, like the tall and hidden rings of a living tree."

By Christina Robb. Reprinted courtesy of The Boston Globe.

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