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Loss Quotes - Page 57

During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.

L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.24, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

. . . all that she had had, and all that she had missed, were lost together, and were twice lost in this landslide of remembered losses.

Katherine Anne Porter (2014). “Flowering Judas and Other Stories: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.80, Library of America

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.

Joseph Lancaster (1803). “Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing, a Short Account of Its Present State, Hints Towards Its Improvement, and a Detail of Some Practical Experiments Conducive to that End”, p.50

The loss of music is very painful, and I don't revisit stuff unless there is a solid reason to do it.

"Q&A: John Lurie and The Invention of Animals". Interview with Joe Keohane, www.esquire.com. January 24, 2014.

In the absence of a natural disaster we are left again to our own uneasy devices.

Joan Didion (2013). “The White Album”, p.89, Zola Books