Quotes about Loss

I catch myself thinking about him in the past tense all the time.

Love is easily killed.

The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life.

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me.

Tobacco is the tomb of love.

When love turns into dust, money becomes the substitution.

EVERYTHING given in this life is given as a gift. When it's gone, it's a good memory to be grateful for. It was never really yours.

I have lost my smile, but don't worry. The dandelion has it.

I lost my father. He had diabetes and high BP and so he died of kidney failure.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

When a loved one dies, when a friend moves away, when something in our life changes, we can choose to thank God for the joy he gave us in the past, or we can wallow in misery over the joy we think we will be denied in the future. The choice is ours.

I know, too, that ever since he lost his leg last voyage by that accursed whale, he's been a kind of moody—desperate moody, and savage sometimes; but that will all pass off. And once for all, let me tell thee and assure thee, young man, it's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one.