“And then came a time when I could no longer say 'We,' and I found myself in a lonesome land where no one remembered that I had ever been young, or called me by my given name.” YoungFoundNamesGivenLossGriefLandRememberedLonesomeGiven Names Book:Yesterdays in a Busy Life Source: Yesterdays in a Busy Life
“. . . all that she had had, and all that she had missed, were lost together, and were twice lost in this landslide of remembered losses.” TogetherLostLossDisasterRememberedLandslides Book:Flowering Judas and Other Stories: A Library of America eBook Classic Source: Flowering Judas and Other Stories: A Library of America eBook Classic
“What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew but how many will feel a lasting loss when you are gone. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by who and for what?” PeopleFeelsLongMatterCharacterLossGoneRememberedLastingCompetenceBe Remembered By Author:Michael Josephson
“I cried until my eyes swelled shut, and then I slept, a black, dreamless sleep from which I awoke amazingly refreshed, at least until I remembered.” EyeBlackLossSleepRememberedCriedDreamless Sleep Author:Elizabeth Berg
“I remembered the pain as clearly as if I were shifting — the pain of loss. I felt the agony of the single moment that I lost myself. Lost what made me Sam. The part of me that could remember Grace's name.” IfsMadeMomentsPainRememberNamesLostFeltLossGraceRememberedAgonyShiftingLost Myself Book:Shiver Source: Shiver