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“You are in the depths of despair because you locked in on something or someone that didn't belong to you. I've met many people who have lost everything, especially in these times. People who survive devastating loss have the ability to let go of what they were doing, how much they were earning, and what they feel they are entitled to right now. They may well return to their former status, but their immediate task is to assess their skills and show resilience moving forward.”

“The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.”

Wells Mean Growth Nature Loss Garden Constant Disaster Treasure Change And Growth

Book:Journal of a Solitude

Source: Journal of a Solitude

“America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.”

Men Wells Enough America Fighting Nations Causes Loss Sacrifice Return Gratitude Men And Women Ultimate Paid Blessed Soldier Debt Battlefields Great Nations Military Service Debt Of Gratitude

Author:Allen Boyd

“He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he.”

World Wells Children Lost Parent Loss Pleasure Known Constructs

Book:The Road

Source: The Road

“I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.”

Source: Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You

“The only education in grief that any of us ever gets is a crash course. Until Caroline had died I had belonged to that other world, the place of innocence, and linear expectations, where I thught grief was a simple, wrenching realm of sadness and longing that graduallu receded. What that definition left out was the body blow that loss inflicts, as well as the temporary madness, and a range of less straightforward emotions shocking in their intensity.”

“I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape. I suppose if that definition is strictly held to, then a writer of stories is a liar - if he is financially fortunate.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Stories Lying Interest Differences Loss Gains Definitions Profit Appearance Fortunate Devices Liars Listeners East Of Eden

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“They're hungry for something they know nothing about, but we, we know all too well that the price of fame is the loss of privacy.”

Knows Wells Funny Loss Fame Hungry Privacy

Author:David Sedaris

“Whoop-de-do," said Ram. "What?" "I'm celebrating." "Was that irony or loss of mental function?" asked the expendable. "Was that a rhetorical questions, a bit of humor, or a sign that you are losing confidence in me?" "I have no confidence in you, Ram," said the expendable. "Well, thanks." "You're welcome.”

Wells Said Bits Loss Losing Function Welcome Celebrate Thanks Irony Rhetorical Rams No Confidence Thanks You Expendables You Re Welcome Rhetorical Question

Book:Pathfinder

Source: Pathfinder