Quotes about loss
loss lost mourn
It's time to live with what we have and mourn what we lost. Lev Grossman
loss sorrow tears
Tears and sorrows and losses are a part of what must be experienced in this present state of life: some for our manifest good, and ail, therefore, it is trusted, for our good concealed;--for our final and greatest good. Leigh Hunt
loss keys elements
One of the key elements of human behavior is, humans have a greater fear of loss than enjoyment of success. All the academic studies will show you that the fear of loss of capital is far greater than the enjoyment of gains. Laurence D. Fink
loss hands oysters
Miles was still mourning the loss of his Romantic Plan. 'There was going to be champagne, and oysters, and you' -- he held out both hands as though shifting a piece of furniture -- 'were going to be sitting there, and I was going to get down on one knee, and...and... Lauren Willig
loss get-over
There are some losses we never get over. Lauren Oliver
loss looks weight
Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa. P. J. O'Rourke
loss light darkness
Reachable, near and not lost, there remained in the midst of the losses this one thing: language. It, the language, remained, not lost, yes, in spite of everything. But it had to pass through its own answerlessness, pass through frightful muting, pass through the thousand darknesses of deathbringing speech. It passed through and gave back no words for that which happened; yet it passed through this happening. Passed through and could come to light again, “enriched” by all this. Paul Celan
loss language spite
Only one thing remained reachable, close and secure amid all losses: language. Yes, language. In spite of everything, it remained secure against loss. Paul Celan
loss figures teach
Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along. Patti Davis
loss life-is worst
The loss of a sexual life is one of the worst things about getting really old. The worst thing. Patricia McConnell
loss weight excited
I didn't get excited by weight loss, and since I was already happy being fat, I couldn't see the point of it all. I'm 6 ft. and weigh about 18 st. or 19 st., but weighing myself is not something I do with much pleasure. Maeve Binchy
loss visionaries world
He [Prince] changed the world!!A true visionary.What a loss.I'm devastated. Madonna Ciccone
loss way eras
The loss of Jerry Garcia feels like the end of an era in the same way it felt when Elvis died and John Lennon was killed. Lyle Lovett
loss excuse
A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse. Michael Jordan
loss men
No man profiteth but by the loss of others. Michel de Montaigne
loss men lost-friendship
When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never. Michel de Montaigne
loss thinking grieving
I think you have to grieve the loss of youth before you can claim the joy on the other side of it. Marianne Williamson
loss games play
If every cigarette you smoke takes seven minutes off of your life, every game of Dungeons & Dragons you play delays the loss of your virginity by seven hours. Marilyn Manson
loss practice suffering
But in practice, if often comes down to not suffering a loss as big as the huge gain you made a while ago. Merton Miller
loss effort losing
My love grows wide and shallow in an effort to spread my losses. Mason Cooley
loss progress may
Progress may feel more like loss than gain. Mason Cooley
loss paradise sentimental
No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise. Mason Cooley
loss attachment bereavement
Attachments and bereavements are inseparable. Mason Cooley
loss lasts lost
Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved. Mason Cooley
loss curves path
At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough. Mason Cooley
loss helping-others use
My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss. Marvin Sapp
loss cutting thinking
I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life. Martin Short
loss thinking nostalgia
For me, nostalgia is an involuntary emotion. I think it's just a natural human response to loss. Michael Chabon
loss thinking talking
I think there'd be huge losses if there weren't newspapers. I know everything's shifting to the Internet and some people would say, 'News is news, what you're talking about is a change of consumption, not the product that's out there.' But I think there is a change. Michael Connelly
loss healthy safe
As you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult. But I am safe, fit and healthy. Martha Stewart
loss ozone years
We've polluted the stratosphere with these chlorine and bromine compounds, and because it's now colder, and because we have this change in the climate, we're getting more ozone loss than we would have gotten in a normal year. Paul Newman
loss numbers tragedy
The loss of innocent life is a tragedy for anyone involved in it, but the numbers are really very low. Paul Bremer
loss shelter stories
I realized that this story [Shelter] is all about family, family loss, and how it influences you day to day life. Paul Bettany