The passage of time will usually extract the venom of most things and render them harmless
Haruki MurakamiWhat was lost was lost. There was no retrieving it, however you schemed, no returning to how things were, no going back.
Haruki MurakamiI'd be smiling and chatting away, and my mind would be floating around somewhere else, like a balloon with a broken string.
Haruki Murakami