--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: They’d also told him Adam would probably…" description: "\"“They’d also told him Adam would probably never hear out of his left ear again. This was the hardest thing to internalize, that something permanent but..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/maggie-stiefvater-76_adam_they-d-also-told-him-adam-would-probably_80135.png" --- # They’d also told him Adam would probably never hear out of… ![“They’d also told him Adam would probably never hear out of his left ear again. This was the hardest thing to internalize, that something permanent but invisible had happened” quote by Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/maggie-stiefvater-76_adam_they-d-also-told-him-adam-would-probably_80135.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/maggie-stiefvater-76_adam_they-d-also-told-him-adam-would-probably_80135.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/maggie-stiefvater-76_adam_they-d-also-told-him-adam-would-probably_80135.png) > ““They’d also told him Adam would probably never hear out of his left ear again. This was the hardest thing to internalize, that something permanent but invisible had happened”” [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker confronts the irreversible loss of a sense, forcing acceptance of a permanent, unseen change. **In simple terms:** Coping with irreversible loss. 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It's practically yesterday.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/why-d-she-leave-so-early-it-s-practically-yesterday/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) > [How long it takes us, each day, to know each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/how-long-it-takes-us-each-day-to-know-each-other/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) > [“At least when he was at Aglionby he could turn over his papers to see the grades, concrete proof of his success at something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/at-least-when-he-was-at-aglionby-he-could-turn-over-his-papers-to-see/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) > [I'll cook the water...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-ll-cook-the-water/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) > [“That's the one." In Puck Connolly's custody. That might be the last I see of that jacket.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/that-s-the-one-in-puck-connolly-s-custody-that-might-be-the-last-i/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) > [“I asked,”Are you going to pick up next time I call you?” ”I did this time didn’t I?” “Say yes.” “Yes. Conditionally yes.”…... …”What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-asked-are-you-going-to-pick-up-next-time-i-call-you-i-did-this-time/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) > [Tell me what it's like. The race." "What it's like is a battle. A mess of horses and men and blood. 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