Favorite Quotations
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Loss, 2
How to Mend a Broken Heart
The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture. ~ Thomas Paine The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. ~ John McEnroe In life it is more necessary to lose than to gain. A seed will only germinate if it dies. ~ Boris Pasternak Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser. ~ Knute Rockne I'm covered with loser dust. ~ Courtney Love We are far betting dealing with the big losses--death, divorce, debt, and debilitating illness--than with the daily onslaught of little losses. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach, Romancing the Ordinary I put down these memorandums of my affections/In honor of tenderness,/In honor of all of those who have been/Conscripted into the brotherhood/Of loss... ~ Edward Hirsch It is harder to cut our gains than our losses. ~ Elizabeth Bibesco, Haven As a quiet salute to Beavis and Butthead, I held up my index finger and thumb in an “L”—the international sign for loser. ~ Michael Moore You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right. ~ Casey Stengel 1 | 2
"As is often the case with losses, she did not notice that anything was missing for some time after it had gone." ~ Naomi Royde-Smith