Quotes About Loss

We watch our hopes, far flickering in the night, Once radiant torches, lighted in our youth, To guide, through years, to some broad morn of truth; But these go out and leave us with no light.

Nothing is sadder than someone who has lost his memory, and the church which has lost its memory is in the same state of senility.

She pondered: Was it worth the feelings of sadness and melancholy to make a friend and then lose him? Would she rather not have the heartache of losing a friend and not have the memory of friendship? No, she decided, no.

Even the death of friends will inspire us as much as their lives…. Their memories will be encrusted over with sublime and pleasing thoughts, as monuments of other men are overgrown with moss; for our friends have no place in the graveyard.

Oh, I wish Daddy could be here right now! You can't ever lose your talent, he used to tell me. Once you're born with talent, you have it all your life long. You can lose money, youth and looks, but——You want to see the pictures?" In

Sometimes you thought you had a thing—but then part of it—or all of it—always got away. Life itself could not be possessed, really, not even a minute of it.

No acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.

Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage.

He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses faith loses all.

There are two kinds of people who lose money: those who know nothing and those who know everything

Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.

George Bernard Shaw: "There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Psychologists talk of the 'endowment effect' – that we are more concerned about losing things than gaining them. Once we own something, we are averse to losing it, even if we are offered something of greater value in exchange.

the French surgeon René Leriche observed, we all carry cemeteries within ourselves.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.

War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times.

I got my heart broken. My spirit got shattered and mutilated. I will not be coming back from this. I don't want to.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I don't want people to matter to me too much. Sometimes it hurts too much to think about them. Ones you love who don't love you, ones who are dead or hate you, ones who you think about but never get to be with. I like people but when I get too close, it fucks me up and I can't get things done.

I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as if they were dead, I could get along with them better

No magic. I do believe you might have taken it all with you when you went away.

The speaker over my head crackled, "There has been a Bell-Atlantic pager misplaced. If anyone has found it, please make this known to a flight attendant." It's under my left foot and you're never seeing it again.

She left an empty house in my heart. The lights don't work anymore, the heater's broken.