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title: "2 Lost Word Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost. The word ‘lost’ comes from the old Norse ‘los’ meaning the disbanding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/that-thing-the-nature-of-which-is-totally-unknown-to-you-is-usually/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

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> [If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent If the unheard, unspoken Word is unspoken, unheard; Still is the spoken word, the Word unheard, The Word without a word, the Word within The world and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-the-lost-word-is-lost-if-the-spent-word-is-spent-if-the-unheard/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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