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Explore Books, Authors and Common Highlights on Loss

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People are more motivated by potential loss than by potential gain.

From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

The fire destroyed the building, but it couldn’t destroy the spirit of the library.

From The Library Book by Susan Orlean

To lose a work of art is to lose a piece of history.

From The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel

To truly empathize, we must confront our own experiences with pain and loss.

From The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

We are more motivated by potential losses than by potential gains.

From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

The walls held memories of lives lived and lost.
Every species lost is a thread pulled from the web of life.
The dead are not dead; they are our memories.
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
To lose a culture is to lose a part of our humanity.
Many men lost their fortunes and their lives in the pursuit of longitude.

From Longitude by Dava Sobel

You must learn to take losses in stride.