“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.” WayImportantSeemsBeliefDifferencesLossSunElementsIndiaEnglandFundamentalsProfoundIndividualityVicesEnormousVice VersaSeemingTropicalPlatitudesProfound Truth Book:A kind of compulsion, 1903-1936 Source: A kind of compulsion, 1903-1936
“A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.” Life IsLossIgnoranceRegretProfoundSpeciesTrials Book:Desultory Thoughts and Reflections Source: Desultory Thoughts and Reflections
“My mom died when I was 22. My stepfather, who I loved like a father, pretty quickly got involved with another woman. Suddenly there was another woman sleeping in my mother's bed, and it was very difficult. Their relationship brought up my profound loss, and the truth was that my family would never be the same again.” MotherFatherDifficultLossSleepMomInvolvedBedMy FamilyDiedProfoundMy MomSleeping InAnother WomanStepfathersMom Died Author:Cheryl Strayed
“Maybe that's the foundation of my book: how do we come to terms with the death of someone we love when it is impossible to come to terms with such a profound loss? The path I found where I could even ask that question, or maybe advance it beyond what I'd attempted in A Year and a Day, was by straddling the line: this is fiction and memoir, it is true and it isn't.” BookTermLossPathImpossibleProfoundMemoir Author:Leslie Pietrzyk
“When we don't get that escape from our work selves, I think we feel its absence on a deep, almost primal level. Leisure is uncommodified, unoccupied time where we get to be truly free, so feeling bad about missing the weekend isn't just, "Damn, I didn't make it to the mall!" It's a profound loss.” ThinkingFeelingsLossMissingProfoundAbsenceWeekendFeeling Bad Author:Katrina Onstad
“My father lifted me up in his strong gentle arms and said something I will never forget. He said, "I know you can do it. There is nothing that you can't do. We're going to climb that hill together even if it takes us all day." And at age 12 losing your leg pretty much seems like the end of the world. But as I climbed onto his back and we flew down the hill that day, I knew he was right. I knew I was going to be OK. You see, my father taught me that even our most profound losses are survivable. And it is what we do with that loss - our ability to transform it into a positive event.” WorldAgeTogetherFatherStrongLossAbilityForgetLosingProfoundHillsGentleNever ForgetYou Can Do ItEnd Of The World Author:Edward Kennedy
“I loved Rushmore. I loved the script. I mean, that is what drew me to it, just the actual piece of literature the script is. But I never thought in a million years that anyone would see it or respond to it. It was an absolute joy that it was so loved and continues to be. The same with The Sixth Sense. I thought, "No one's going to watch this. Bruce Willis hasn't got a gun. There's no shagging. Lovely story, sweet and profound about loss and death, but no one's going to watch this."” MeanJoyLiteratureLossSweetGunProfoundLovelySixth Sense Author:Olivia Williams
“Adam is crying and somewhere inside of me I am crying, too, because I'm feeling things at last. I'm feeling not just the physical pain, but all that I have lost, and it is profound and catastrophic and will leave a crater in me that nothing will ever fill.” FeelingsPainLastsLostLossCryProfoundAdamPhysical PainIf I StayCraters Book:If I Stay Source: If I Stay