#loss
Explore Books, Authors and Common Highlights on Loss
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To lose a work of art is to lose a piece of history.
From The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
From The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi
Losses loom larger than gains.
The fire destroyed the building, but it couldn’t destroy the spirit of the library.
From The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Every species lost is a thread pulled from the web of life.
To truly empathize, we must confront our own experiences with pain and loss.
From The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
To lose a culture is to lose a part of our humanity.
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
The thrill of the chase can overshadow the value of what is lost.
From The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson
We are more motivated by potential losses than by potential gains.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
People are more motivated by potential loss than by potential gain.
From Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
The walls held memories of lives lived and lost.
From The Forgotten Room: Inside a Public Patient Hospital by Dan Baum
The dead are not dead; they are our memories.
From The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch
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.
From The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks