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Quotes About Loss

Es intolerable que las personas que conocemos se conviertan en pasado.
~ Javier Marías
It's unbearable that the people we know should suddenly be relegated to the past
~ Javier Marías
Nadie ve con nitidez lo que ya no está delante, aunque acabe de suceder o aún floten en la habitación el aroma o el descontento de quien apenas se ha despedido.
~ Javier Marías
Qué desgracia saber tu nombre aunque ya no conozca tu rostro mañana
~ Javier Marías
Ami sokáig tart, az tönkremegy és elrohad, unalmassá válik és ellenünk fordul, eltelítÅ'dünk vele, és belefáradunk. Hány ember morzsolódik le rólunk, akik az életünkhöz tartoztak, milyen sokkal merült ki vagy sz?nt meg a kapcsolatunk anélkül, hogy ennek bármi – a legkevésbé sem súlyos – oka lett volna.
~ Javier Marías
queda el olor de los muertos cuando nada más queda de ellos—
~ Javier Marías
tardamos en acostumbrarnos a utilizar los tiempos pretéritos con los muertos cercanos, no vemos pronto la diferencia.
~ Javier Marías
qué desgracia saber tu nombre aunque ya no conozca hoy tu rostro y aún menos lo conozca mañana.
~ Javier Marías
cómo se puede dormir tras la muerte de un ser querido y sin embargo se acaba durmiendo siempre—.
~ Javier Marías
no se sabe muy bien qué hacer con los muertos
~ Javier Marías
Es lo malo que tiene cuanto nos sucede y no es registrado, o aún peor, ni siquiera sabido ni visto ni oído, porque luego no hay forma de recuperarlo.
~ Javier Marías
O mundo é na verdade tanto dos vivos e tão pouco dos mortos - se bem que permaneçam todos na terra e sejam muitos mais - que aqueles tendem a pensar que a morte de um ente querido é qualquer coisa que se passou com eles mais que com o defunto, com quem na verdade se passou.
~ Javier Marías
A fotografia quieta vai suplantando a cara real, com os seus gestos e o seu movimento, as feições congelam e passam a existir apenas as do instantâneo, que de tanto olhado substitui a pessoa e a apaga ou a desterra ou expulsa, por isso custa tanto recordar verdadeiramente os mortos que se afastam de nós.
~ Javier Marías
nuestras necesidades y deseos varían a medida que perdemos o nos abandonan o nos desposeen
~ Javier Marías
Then we leave together,' he whispered. Just that, nothing else. And for the first time since they met, Scythe cried.
~ Drew Karpyshyn
Je regrettais la mort de cette fille comme on regrette la destruction totale d'une belle Å"uvre.
~ Dumas Alexandre
There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.
~ Dylan Thomas
Though lovers be lost love shall not.
~ Dylan Thomas
10 maggie and millie and molly and may went down to the beach (to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles, and millie befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world & as large as alone For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea
~ E E Cummings.
as small as a world and as large as alone For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea
~ e. e. cummings
The joy of being with others at school, or finding protection from authority figures was lost. Being very small and hurt, with no way to protect himself, he began to behave defiantly against the principal, who punished him abusively.
~ E. James Wilder
As we mentioned in Chapter 1, the loss of relational connection is often caused by incompletely resolved pain. The mental activity of avoiding pain distracts us from relational connection with God and others. Being overwhelmed disconnects us.
~ E. James Wilder
i remember we all cried like the Missouri when my Uncle Sol's coffin lurched because somebody pressed a button (and down went my uncle Sol and started a worm farm)
~ E.E. Cummings