“College football is a game which would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more interesting if the trustees played. There would be a great increase in broken arms, legs, and necks, and simultaneously an appreciable diminution in the loss to humanity.” IfsWould BeHumanityGamesLossInterestingStudentsFootballCollegeBrokenArmsHumorousIncreaseLegsNecksFacultyCollege FootballTrustees Author:H. L. Mencken
“Action is basically a reaction against loss of balance - a flailing of the arms to to regain one's balance. To dispose a soul to action, we must upset its equilibrium.” SoulActionLossArmsBalanceReactionsUpsetEquilibriumFlailing Book:The Ordeal of Change Source: The Ordeal of Change
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.” IfsWorldSelfLossFiveWifeArmsLosingDollarsLegsEtcHazardsChakra Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“If at large gatherings or parties, or around people with whom you feel distant, your hands sometimes hang awkwardly at the ends of your arms - i you find yourself at a loss for what do with them, overcome with sadness that comes when you recognize the foreignnes of your own body - it's because your hands remember a time when the division between mind and body, brain and heart, what's inside and what's outside, was so much less.” PeopleIfsFeelsMindHeartEndsSometimesBodyHandsRememberLossPartyBrainSadnessArmsOvercomingFinding YourselfDivisionGatheringMind And BodyHeart And BrainHistory Of Love Author:Nicole Krauss
“Love with someone else, an actual person, was another matter. People got hurt doing that. People cried and wrapped their arms around themselves and rocked with loss. Loving words got turned to fierce, sharp, whip-cracks of anger that lefft permanent marks. At the least, it disappointed you. At most, it damaged you.” PeoplePersonsMatterHurtLossArmsMarkPermanentCracksDisappointedFierceCriedWhipsGot HurtLoving Words Book:Love Is All You Need: Wild Roses; The Nature of Jade Source: Love Is All You Need: Wild Roses; The Nature of Jade
“I missed him so much that I had physical sensations of loss, all over my body. Like one minute I was missing an arm, the next my spleen. It was making me feel sick, like throwing up.” FeelsBodyNextLossMinutesMissingArmsSickSensationsThrowingOne MinuteSpleenThrowing Up Book:Running with Scissors: A Memoir Source: Running with Scissors: A Memoir