„I found out early that you can throw yourself away, missing what you've lost.“

„It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.“

—  Alice Hoffman Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer 1952

„It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.“

—  Jenny Han American writer 1980

„You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself.“

—  Jodi Picoult, buch Handle With Care

„Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose.“

—  Эван Эзар

„You can miss a person you've never known.“

—  Jodi Picoult, buch Handle With Care

„… real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.“

—  Emma Donoghue Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian 1969

„The point is […] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.“

—  David Gemmell, buch Legend

„Well now you say you've found another man who does things to you that I can't,
And that no matter what I do it's all over now between me and you girl.
But I can't believe what you say;
No I can't believe what you say 'cause babyI don't wanna fade away.
Oh I don't wanna fade away.
Tell me what can I do, what can I say
'Cause darlin' I don't wanna fade away.“

—  Bruce Springsteen American singer and songwriter 1949

„Forgiveness has its comforts, but it can never give you back what you've lost.“

—  Jonathan Tropper American writer 1970

„You can't marry this Archibald. He's a gloomy, miserable cripple that hides himself away in that horrible house. You've said it yourself, you can't believe you love him and neither can I!“

—  Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

„I used to think the worst feeling in the world is losing someone you love. But I was wrong the worst feeling in the world is the moment that you realize you've lost yourself.“

—  L.J. Smith American author 1965

„Kat didn't know what to say. It's good to see you too? Thanks for getting me kicked out? Is it possible you've gotten even hotter? I think I might have missed you?“

—  Ally Carter, buch Heist Society

„You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.“

—  Henry James, buch The Portrait of a Lady

„Out of everything I've lost, I miss my mind the most!“

—  Ozzy Osbourne English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter 1948

„You get lost out of a desire to be lost. But in the place called lost strange things are found…“

—  Rebecca Solnit Author and essayist from United States 1961

„She and I were still friends, but not best friends, not like we used to be. But we were still friends. She'd known me my whole life. It's hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.“

—  Jenny Han American writer 1980

„You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you've lost. I know this to be wise and true, just as I know that pretty much no one can do it.“

—  Jonathan Tropper American writer 1970

„You can fight and lose but if you do nothing, you've already lost.“

—  Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

„Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.“

—  Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910