“My success has been something I've worked a long time at and it's been a gradual process. I compare it to the idea of someone losing a lot of weight over a period of a few years. You don't really notice the weight loss overall but if you compare photos from then and now there's a big difference.” IfsYearsLongHas BeensIdeasBigsProcessDifferencesLossPeriodsLong TimeLosingWeightCompareWeight Loss Author:Ray William Johnson
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” LifeInspirationalLongDoeSuccessTimeNatureLosesLossBusinessCourageRiskLandPositiveFailureTravelLong TimeLosingDiscoveryCommitmentSightEntrepreneurNostalgiaEntrepreneurshipUncertaintyShoreDiscoveringConsentTaking RisksRisk-takingGreat TravelNewnessOvercoming FailurePhotography And TravelAppeaseNew DiscoveriesRisk And FailureChance And RiskRisks And Taking ChancesAdventurous SoulsBoldness And CourageInspirational WisdomExploration And Adventure Book:The Counterfeiters: A Novel Source: The Counterfeiters: A Novel
“Death is for a long time. Those of shallow thought say that it is forever. There is, at least, a long night of it. There is the forgetfulness and the loss of identity. The spirit, even as the body, is unstrung and burst and scattered. One goes down to death, and it leaves a mark on one forever.” LongBodySpiritNightLossForeverIdentityLong TimeMarkShallowForgetfulnessLong NightsLoss Of Identity Author:R. A. Lafferty
“I had been practicing for the Depression a long time. I wasn't involved with loss. I didn't have money to lose, but in common with millions I did dislike hunger and cold.” LongLosesLossCommonMillionsColdInvolvedLong TimeHungerDislike Author:John Steinbeck
“The loss of my parents was definitely the hardest thing I've had to endure. I just felt really dead inside for a long time.” LongFeltParentLossLong TimeEndureHardestHardest Thing Author:Jonathan Bennett
“But the loss of any friend takes a long time to heal.” LongLossLong TimeHealTime Heals Author:Autumn de Wilde
“I think any athlete will tell you that season-ending losses stay with you for a long time. If you are one of the main reasons for a season-ending loss, it sticks with you longer.” IfsThinkingLongReasonLossLong TimeSeasonsSticksAthlete Author:Chipper Jones
“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that are gone. Just when the day comes—when there's a particular missing part that overwhelms you with the feeling that she's gone, forever—there comes another day, and another specifically missing part.” WayLongFeelingsDeathDiesLosesLossGriefGoneForeverPiecesMissingParticularClothesLong TimeGrievingGrief And LossMailExpectingFadesScentClosetsBereavementPillowAnother DayDrawersSomeone You LoveGriefingLosing SomeoneGrief LossOwen MeanyWhen Someone Dies Book:A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel Source: A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel
“Something I tried to hold onto, to touch if only for a moment, but it slipped away from me like the air, like an illusion, or a dream that floats away and is lost. I wept in my sleep as though it was something I was losing now; a loss I was experiencing for the first time, and not something I had lost a long time ago.” IfsFirstsLongMomentsDreamLostLossSleepAirLong TimeLosingIllusionFirst TimeFloatsLong Time Ago Book:Woman at Point Zero Source: Woman at Point Zero