#loss

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#bring #double #general #likely #loss

I'm also a great believer in the dream life; that while we're asleep, a deep subconscious connection is made about our profoundest fears, hopes, loves, losses, dreads and desires. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#also #asleep #believer #connection #deep

For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#convalescence #exercise #had #i #long

I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#blossoms #drop #figure #flower #fruit

The pain of retirement means loss. ↗

— John Murray

#means #pain #retirement

Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

#beneath #blossom #brown #chance #children

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. ↗

— Gerard De Nerval

#blossoming #every #flower #soul

City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#city #city government #emergencies #franciscans #government

The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience. ↗

— John George Nicolay

#altogether #cares #children #death #eleven

When you lose something in your life, stop thinking it's a loss for you... it is a gift you have been given so you can get on the right path to where you are meant to go, not to where you think you should have gone. ↗

— Suze Orman

#get #gift #given #go #gone