Quotes About Loss

I had four compression fractures in my spine. They were repaired, but it cost me two inches of height.

My '24' death obviously sent Jack Bauer into a huge downward spiral.

John McCain has not been president of the United States. He ran. He ran a spirited campaign. We lost. I hated to see us lose, but there were a lot of things working against us.

Rock n' roll is our religion, and we will continue to lose disciples as we go, but we pick up the fallen flag and keep moving forward, bringing forth the good news that our heroes have helped create, their bodies lost, but their spirits and their good work everlasting.

I believe that the 'dark night of the soul' is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith.

I wanted to make peace with my dad. I didn't get to really make peace before he passed away and so I'm hoping to connect to him spiritually. I feel like he's always guiding me.

I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.

I was a pretty heartbroken 13-year-old. That was the year my grandmother died and my parents split up.

I was very good friends with Ian Curtis from Joy Division. In fact, I was the last person he spoke with before he died.

Not that I regret saying what I believed to be the truth, but I regret anything that I might have written or spoken that could have been used in a way to help to foster that atmosphere out of which came the loss of life of Brother Malcolm.

Facebook may not only propagate cyber-loneliness but exacerbate the pain of loss that estranged family members feel when they hear only indirectly, through a third-party posting, news of a child or parent with whom they have not spoken in years.

After Balasaheb died, I have not spoken. What do I say?

I joined forces with the American Cancer Society in 2010 as a spokesperson for the N.F.L.'s 'A Crucial Catch' campaign, which benefits the American Cancer Society. This was important to me because I lost my mother to breast cancer, and I have always felt a strong commitment to doing all I can to fight this disease.

All I know is it destroyed my family, it destroyed my marriage to Sylvester and I will never get over it.

There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage.

Each divorce is the death of a small civilization.

The end of a marriage has got to be one of the saddest events one can experience. I've heard that the pain [of divorce] is second only to an actual death in the family, and that sounds about right.

Marriage, children-you never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me.

Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.

What this anger hides is grief ... the reality that his wife didn't value their marriage as much as he did. He realizes it was a mistake.

Rosa Hubermann was sitting on the edge of the bed with her husband's accordion tied to her chest. Her fingers hovered above the keys. She did not move. She didn't ever appear to be breathing.

When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed.

You may forsake a person, a family, some location of the heart, but scars and memories cannot be discarded like used clothing.

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced.