“We are all the heroes and heroines of our own lives. Our love stories are amazingly romantic; our losses and betrayals and disappointments are gigantic in our own minds.” MindStoriesLossHeroDisappointmentBetrayalLove StoryOur LoveHeroinesHeroes And Heroines Author:Maeve Binchy
“Here's how I became myself: mess, failure, mistakes, disappointments, and extensive reading; limbo, indecision, setbacks, addiction, public embarrassment, and endless conversations with my best women friends; the loss of people without whom I could not live, the loss of pets that left me reeling, dizzying betrayals but much greater loyalty, and overall, choosing as my motto William Blake's line that we are here to learn to endure the beams of love.” PeopleReadingLeftLinesLossMistakeGreaterConversationEndureAddictionDisappointmentBetrayalLoyaltyEndlessMessPetMottoEmbarrassmentSetbackBeamIndecisionBlakeMy MottoPet LossLimboExtensive Reading Author:Anne Lamott
“I've always been drawn to stories and characters facing some sort of struggle against forces beyond our control, be it love, loss, betrayal.” CharacterStoriesForceLossStruggleBetrayalLove Loss Author:Nathan Parsons
“I found myself sitting at the computer, and I thought I was going to write a kind of simple nostalgic story about two boys and their love of kite fighting. But stories have a will of their own, and this one turned out to be this dark tale about betrayal, loss, regret. The short story which was about 25 pages long sat around for a couple of years.” WritingYearsKindLongTwoStoriesFightingFoundDarkLossSimpleBoysRegretCoupleComputerPagesSittingBetrayalTalesSatShort StoryNostalgicKites Author:Khaled Hosseini