Famous quotes containing the word loss:
“The traditional American husband and father had the responsibilitiesand the privilegesof playing the role of primary provider. Sharing that role is not easy. To yield exclusive access to the role is to surrender some of the potential for fulfilling the hero fantasya fantasy that appeals to us all. The loss is far from trivial.”
—Faye J. Crosby (20th century)
“If but some vengeful god would call to me
From up the sky, and laugh: Thou suffering thing,
Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy,
That thy loves loss is my hates profiting!”
—Thomas Hardy (18401928)
“When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a good many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
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