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Quotes About Loss

The happiness of the superficial: when a man who has lost his donkey finds it again.
~ Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
There is something about loss and pain that opens the doors of wisdom in your heart, doors that would have remained locked for a whole lifetime.
~ Lyrical Treasure
.....He lost his childhood but in return got worthy wealth, the wisdom ....!
~ M.H. Rakib, The Cavalier
Youth is like a fickle girlfriend. We can't understand or value her until she goes off with someone else, never to return.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Marina
I brought you here to tell you this: sometimes what we are searching for does not exist. We may sacrifice for it, even bleed for it, but it was never meant to be ours.
~ Esther Dalseno, Drown
The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.
~ Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
It's something you don't see until it's gone-the shapes and things have and the ways in which the people around you mould the shapes.
~ Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace
Deep down inside we always seek for our departed loved ones
~ Munia Khan
You always thought older people were wiser. It's not that. It's just that our relatives are dead and we're able to speak freely.
~ Ariel Gore
...I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the inability to return and do it again...
~ John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else
~ Bernadette Devlin
Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.
~ Marian Keyes, Watermelon
Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.
~ Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
I lost a lot of money with sponsors.
~ Vitor Belfort
The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.
~ Jan Hammer
I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
~ Steven Wright
My dad died from cancer when I was 18, and my mom was in a really tough spot. So I wanted to try to help at home. I had started doing some technology consulting.
~ Mike McCue
The 'solution' to file sharing was never centralizing content control back to a few entities - that was the struggle we were fighting for. Netflix, Spotify etc. are not a solution but a loss.
~ Peter Sunde
My life in the spotlight has cost me a lot.
~ Vikram Bhatt
It's awkward to tell others that your spouse has died. Everyone becomes so sad and sorry, and you just hate like heck to have to break the news to someone who hasn't heard the news.
~ Mike Gallagher
I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
~ Taya Kyle
Guru's family gave me a piece of his ashes. I saw the gold box of ashes that his father had when we had the memorial service. He had a nice giant gold box that had his name on it. It was really nice. I know all the family members had ashes that they all spread and took on their own. So I said lemme ask is it cool if I have some.
~ DJ Premier
Athletes vs Cancer is a foundation that I started in 2008 after I lost my mom to cancer in 2007, and our goal is early detection, preventative screening and just really spreading knowledge about the cancer disease.
~ Matt Barnes
With 1.7 million private sector jobs lost and half a million jobs shipped overseas over the past three years, we must take action to spur job creation and restore economic prosperity.
~ Nick Lampson