Quotes About Loss

Baudelaire children had a slightly different

If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it.

But finally, into the world came a baby girl, just as, I'm very, very sorry to say, her mother, and my sister, slipped away from the world after a long night of suffering—but also a night of joy, as the birth of a baby is always good news, no matter how much bad news the baby will hear later.

Whether is was Uncle Monty's library of reptile books, or Aunt Josephine's library of grammar books, or Justice Strauss's library of law books, or, best of all their parents' library of all kinds of books - all burn up now, alas - libraries always made them feel a little better. Just knowing that they could read made the Baudelaire orphans feel as if their wretched lives could be a little brighter.

For Beatrice— When we met, you were pretty, and I was lonely. Now, I am pretty lonely.

pero es una triste realidad de la vida que, cuando alguien ha perdido a un ser querido, a veces los amigos le esquivan, justo en el momento en que su presencia es mucho más necesaria.

My love: Our love breaks my heart. And stopped yours.

In the days that followed, the Baudelaire orphans had pits in their stomachs. In Sunny's case it was understandable, because when Klaus had divided the peach, she had gotten the part with the pit.

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two--a schism or a death, a fire or a mutiny, the loss of a home or the destruction of a tea set.

You and I, of course, would never do this to any of our grieving acquaintances, but it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed. - P. 34

I had seen buildings burn before, as part of my training and as part of my childhood. I had seen small homes and enormous mansions devoured by fire, and I had seen flames destroy factories and symphony halls and houses of worship. A school seems worse, I thought as the fire roared into the sky. Even when the school is empty, it's a terrible thing.

In this way, the story of the Baudelaire orphans is like an onion, and if you insist on reading each and every thin, papery layer in A Series of Unfortunate Events, your only reward will be 170 chapters of misery in your library and countless tears in your eyes.

You and I, of course, would never do this to any of our grieving acquaintances, but it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger

Bizony gyakran történik ez így az életben. A barátok éppen akkor t?nnek el, amikor a legnagyobb szükség lenne rájuk; a fájdalom felhÅ'je riasztja el Å'ket szerencsétlenül jártak közelébÅ'l. Én csak azt mondhatom, hogy sohasem lennék képes így viselkedni, és bizonyos vagyok abban, hogy ti sem, akik ezt a szomorú történetet olvassátok!

Your parents," Mr. Poe said, "have perished in a terrible fire.

For Beatrice - When we met, my life began. Soon after, yours ended.

Excerpt from A Series of Unfortunate Events #3: The Wide Window

you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it.

If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it. For

Kit e as crianças deixaram a sua tristeza juntar-se à tristeza do mundo, e choraram por todas as pessoas que estavam perdidas para eles

After the death of the Baudelaire parents, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny had found themselves under the care of a variety of guardians. Some of them had been cruel. Some of them had been murdered.

There is no sadness to compare with the grief of the young.

Die Idee der Schönheit ist die Idee der unendlichen Traurigkeit; die Idee dessen, was hätte sein können.