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“Once upon a time Apache land would have stretched farther than the horizon, through New Mexico almost to Texas, but as white men found gold, silver, turquoise, and copper beneath its surface they carved up the territory like children sneaking to the fridge and slicing off a chocolate cake bit by bit: hoping at first that the loss wouldn’t be noticed but ultimately not really caring.”

Source: Jewels: A Secret History

“Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense. There are forty men of wit for one man of sense; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a loss for want of readier change.”

Men Want Loss Common Half Fine Gold Wit Common Sense Forty One Man Exalted

Book:The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose: With a Selection of Explanatory Notes

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose: With a Selection of Explanatory Notes

“An Australian swimmer who failed to win a gold medal is blaming her loss on social media. In her defense, it is really hard to tweet when you're swimming.”

Hard Funny Winning Social Loss Media Gold Blame Social Media Defense Swimming Olympics Medal Australian Tweet Gold Medals Swimmer London Olympics

Author:Conan O'Brien

“Every human being has gone through a tragedy of sorts. And the idea is that you have two paths you can take, you can find that alchemy that turns lead into gold, find that magic where you can see the loss as an entry point for learning and grow from it and become wiser and stronger.”

Humans Two Ideas Turns Grows Human Beings Loss Gone Path Magic Gold Tragedy Stronger Wiser Alchemy Entry Two Paths

Author:Jillian Michaels

“The cross stands as the final symbol that no evil exists that God cannot turn into a blessing. He is the living Alchemist who can take the dregs from the slag-heaps of life - disappointment, frustration, sorrow, disease, death, economic loss, heartache - and transform the dregs into gold.”

Turns Evil Loss Economic Sorrow Blessing Disease Crosses Gold Finals Disappointment Symbols Heartache Frustration Alchemist Dregs Slag Life Disappointment

Author:Catherine Marshall

“I do not tolerate a world emptied of you. I have tried. For a year I have called every black tree Marya Morevna; I have looked for your face in the patterns of the ice. In the dark, I have pored over the loss of you like pale gold.”

World Years Faces Black Dark Loss Tree Gold Patterns Ice Your Face Pale Tolerate

Book:Deathless

Source: Deathless