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“There is a geographical element in all belief-saying what seem profound truths in India have a way of seeming enormous platitudes in England, and vice versa . Perhaps the fundamental difference is that beneath a tropical sun individuality seems less distinct and the loss of it less important.”

Source: A kind of compulsion, 1903-1936

“We all recall the cruel stepmother in fairy tales. That archetype is often a necessary element in a fairy tale so that the heroine/hero can become a person of character and power. Stories of heroes and heroines often begin with a wound or loss or injustice and end with heroic acts of restoration.”

Source: The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know

“the most deeply moving element in the contemplation of beauty is the element of loss. We desire to hold; but the sunset melts into the night, and the secret of the painting on the wall can never be the secret of the buyer.”

Moving Desire Night Loss Secret Beauty Painting Wall Elements Longing Contemplation Sunset Buyers

Book:Catherine Carter: A Novel

Source: Catherine Carter: A Novel

“The elements were "seeking" each other in rage and confusion, and in the fury of the conflict boastful man was utterly humiliated, sucked down, drowned.”

Men Loss Conflict Elements Seeking Rage Disaster Confusion Fury Humiliated

Book:Green Dolphin Street

Source: Green Dolphin Street

“Any great movie you watch has some element of darkness or loss or some suffering in it. That's what makes the fun parts fun.”

Suffering Fun Loss Watches Darkness Elements

Author:Pete Docter

“One of the key elements of human behavior is, humans have a greater fear of loss than enjoyment of success. All the academic studies will show you that the fear of loss of capital is far greater than the enjoyment of gains.”

Humans Shows Loss Study Greater Keys Behavior Elements Gains Enjoyment Academic Human Behavior

Author:Laurence D. Fink

“Is it possible to preserve the element of Unknown Places in our national life? Is it practicable to do so, without undue loss in economic values? I say 'yes' to both questions. But we must act vigorously and quickly, before the remaining bits of wilderness have disappeared.”

Life Is Values Bits Loss Economic Elements Preserves Wilderness Economic Value

Book:The river of the mother of God and other essays

Source: The river of the mother of God and other essays

“Perhaps this is an area where every generation starts from scratch. Although the crisis of the First World War inaugurated an especially strong period of disillusion with regard to the optimism of the previous age, the pattern has repeated itself in many ways in more recent times, e.g., the loss of faith in politics as a means of advancing human well-being. And perhaps this also has to do with basic elements in growing up.”

“Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.”

Helping Humor Happiness Joy Loss Our Lives Keys Goes On Elements Laughter Categories

Author:Allen Klein