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“Losing leaves a bitter taste that lingers long after the sweetness of victory has been forgotten.”

Book:Age of Swords

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Age of Swords

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Michael J. Sullivan

Michael J. Sullivan is an American author known for his fantasy novels. His works are celebrated for their rich imagination and compelling narrative techniques. more

“The human mind is so limited it can only build an arbitrary heaven — and usually the physical comforts they endow it with are naively the kind that can be perceived as we humans perceive — nothing more. No: perhaps I will awake to find myself burning in hell. I think not. I think I will be snuffed out. Black is sleep; black is a fainting spell; and black is death, with no light, no waking.”

Death Human Mind Afterlife

Book:The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“To lose something is an illusion because everything we own is just a mirage! And you, you cannot lose something which is not yours!”

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Losing does not always amount to a loss, sometimes you have to lose those toxic relationships and bad habits to create a space for better things.”

Loss Space Losing Life Lessons Quotes Create Bad Habits Toxic Relationships Better Things

Author:Gift Gugu Mona

“Maybe my greater fear should not be fear itself, but what I will lose should I submit to fear.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“What will you let go of? What can you not afford to lose?”

Losing

Book:Spellbook of the Lost and Found

Source: Spellbook of the Lost and Found

“The difference between winning and losing is all in the details', she said.”

Winning Losing

Book:Dumplin'

Source: Dumplin'

“We hardly said anything, we seemed to communicate through the chessmen, there was something very symbolic about my winning. That he wished me to feel. I don’t know what it was. I don’t know whether it was that he wanted me to see my “virtue” triumphed over his “vice” or something subtler, that sometimes losing is winning.”

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Book:The Collector

Source: The Collector

“Fear is no crime. But acting from fear is. Know that you're going to lose everything one day, whether you fear to lose it or not.”

Fear Losing

Book:Song of Edmon

Source: Song of Edmon

“I thought it wasn’t winning or losing but how you played the game that matters.” “Just ask anyone who came in second place if that is true.”

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Book:An Evil Trade

Source: An Evil Trade

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