He was his own leftover, the spat-out scrag. He was what his brain could make nothing of.
Ted HughesSo we found the end of our journey. So we stood, alive in the river of light, Among the creatures of light, creatures of light.
Ted HughesYou solve it as you get older, when you reach the point where you've tasted so much that you can somehow sacrifice certain things more easily, and you have a more tolerant view of things like possessiveness (your own) and a broader acceptance of the pains and the losses.
Ted Hughes