Quotes About Loss

If you leave, we lose and our pasts win.

Qué haría yo sin ti? —Eso nunca lo sabrás.

If I lose you, Eva," he said hoarsely, "I have nothing. Everything I've done is so I don't lose you.

Love can be lost and found again. But that won't happen for me. I won't survive without you, Eva.

I supposed, perhaps, you miss the promise of what could have been, while at the same time you are grateful that what it was instead is over.

Qué otra cosa podía hacer, Eva? Ni siquiera sabía de tu existencia. —La voz de Gideon se hizo más grave y áspera—. Si hubiera sabido que andabas por ahí, te habría buscado. No habría perdido ni un segundo. Pero no lo sabía, y me conformé con menos. Igual que tú. Los dos perdimos el tiempo con personas que no eran adecuadas.

People get over love. They can live without it, they can move on. Love can be lost and found again. But that won't happen for me. I won't survive you.

Me moriría si perdía a Gideon, pero me moriría de todos modos si me perdía a mí misma.

Ya lo has hecho. —Le agarré la mano—. Me has dado todo lo que ella me quitó. No permitas que vuelva a quitármelo.

The feel of her skin against his was heaven. And hell. He glanced down at their joined hands, hers so pale, so tiny and delicate. Lucien remembered the feel of those hands on his body, their gentle exploration belying her ravenous hunger for him. Knowing he would soon lose her touch forever made his heart ache.

People get over love. They can live without it, they can move on. Love can be lost and found again. But that won't happen for me. I won't survive you, Eva.

It's a brutally sad fact that a number of people simply disappear from your life when you're broken and need them the most.

I don't have kids; I've never lost a pet. My parents, grandparents, siblings, and in-laws are all alive and kicking. What do I know about losing someone you love?

Es mejor haber amado y perdido después que no haber amado nunca.

How could I give so much of myself to someone and then let that person go?

he knew damn well that no one could possibly love her as completely as he once had. Even the man he was today was incapable of that depth of emotion and connection. She'd killed the innocence in him that had made it possible to love a woman without any thought of self-preservation. He'd been wide open when she cut his heart out and scars had formed, creating a thick shield that he couldn't get past and no woman could get through.

Es un hecho cruelmente triste que algunas personas desaparezcan de tu vida cuando estás pasando por un infierno y cuando más las necesitas.

Gideon held my gaze as he said, "Good-bye, Cary," then powered off my phone and set it on the counter. His hair was damp and he wore black pajama bottoms that hung low on his hips. The sight of him hit me hard, reminding me of all that I stood to lose when I lost him—the breathless anticipation and desire, the comfort and intimacy, the ephemeral sense of rightness that made everything worthwhile.

Siempre se escribe desde una ausencia: la elección de un idioma automáticamente significa el afantasmamiento del otro pero nunca su desaparición.

I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.

And the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness.

It was my first big chance, but here I was, sitting back and letting it run through my fingers like so much water.

At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought even the bones would do. --from Daddy, written 12 October 1962

That afternoon my mother had brought me the roses. Save them for my funeral, I'd said.