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"When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Loss, Wife, Change, Life

"When a dreamer loses his lover, his dream profits. (Unless, of course, the lover was the dreamer's dream.)"

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Loss, Truth, Wisdom, Love, Life

"It's so heartbreaking and unnecessary how we lose things. From pure carelessness. Fires, wars. The Parthenon, used as a munitions storehouse. I guess that anything we manage to save from history is a miracle."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

Loss, History, War, Sensitivity

"If you haven't already, you will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and you never completely get over the loss of a deeply beloved person. But this is also good news. The person lives forever, in your broken heart that doesn't seal back up. And you come through, and you learn to dance with the banged-up heart."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Loss, Heart, Love, Dance

"Rejection is one of the worse forms of pain. Loss is the worst. Grief haunts until you allow yourself to move on."

Angelica Hopes, Swiss Author

Loss, Rejection, Grief, Healing

"Fear no more as long as her memory surrounds you like a ghost, cry no more as long as she weeps for you like a willow."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Loss, Memory, Grief, Spirit, Sorrow

"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."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Loss, Memory, Innocence, Childhood

"When I say I'm going to forget you I know it's impossible to forget someone I once knew. What I want is to erase you from my thoughts and purge you from my memories. I'm saying it's what I wish for, not what is or could ever be."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Loss, Memory, Forgetfulness, Pain

"We have a very precise image - an image at times shameless - of what we have lost, but we are ignorant of what may follow or replace it."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Loss, Uncertainty, Change, Future

"May be you are gone,but that doesn't make me come back."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Loss, Grief, Distance, Absence

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"I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend."

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"I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave."

Travel

"I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered."

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"Enough Americans saw fit to give president Obama a second term. I don't think there will be many people keeping their Romney/Ryan bumper stickers on their cars."

Politics

"August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery."

Memory

"For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes."

Self-Improvement

"I'll be here tomorrowIf I can make it through today."

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"When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed."

"When a dreamer loses his lover, his dream profits. (Unless, of course, the lover was the dreamer's dream.)"

"It's so heartbreaking and unnecessary how we lose things. From pure carelessness. Fires, wars. The Parthenon, used as a munitions storehouse. I guess that anything we manage to save from history is a miracle."

"Rejection is one of the worse forms of pain. Loss is the worst. Grief haunts until you allow yourself to move on."

"Fear no more as long as her memory surrounds you like a ghost, cry no more as long as she weeps for you like a willow."

"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."

"When I say I'm going to forget you I know it's impossible to forget someone I once knew. What I want is to erase you from my thoughts and purge you from my memories. I'm saying it's what I wish for, not what is or could ever be."

"We have a very precise image - an image at times shameless - of what we have lost, but we are ignorant of what may follow or replace it."

"May be you are gone,but that doesn't make me come back."

Explore more quotes by Henry Rollins

"I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend."

"I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place."

"I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself."

"When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?"

"I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave."

"I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered."

"Enough Americans saw fit to give president Obama a second term. I don't think there will be many people keeping their Romney/Ryan bumper stickers on their cars."

"August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery."

"For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes."

"I'll be here tomorrowIf I can make it through today."