Two empty wooden chairs overlooking the sea at sunset.

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Song Liling

The days I spent with you were the only days I ever truly existed.

— M. Butterfly ‧ 1993

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Song Liling says the days with this person were the only ones of real existence. It's a confession that everything else felt hollow by comparison. The words make a short stretch of time sound like the whole of a life.

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