--- title: "8 Phantom limbs Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Phantom limbs quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Phantom limbs sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/nora-ephron-1217_believe_i-want-to-talk-to-her-i-want-to-have-lun_944129.jpg" --- > [I want to talk to her. I want to have lunch with her. I want her to give me a book she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/i-want-to-talk-to-her-i-want-to-have-lunch-with-her-i-want-her-to/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/nora-ephron-1217_believe_i-want-to-talk-to-her-i-want-to-have-lun_944129.jpg) > [Meg was going to have to learn for herself what Laurie had figured out over the summer - that it was better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-perrotta/meg-was-going-to-have-to-learn-for-herself-what-laurie-had-figured/) [Tom Perrotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-perrotta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/tom-perrotta-3008_ache_meg-was-going-to-have-to-learn-for-herse_1369691.png) > [It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but-why-there-are-sites-of/) [Camilla Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-gibb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/camilla-gibb-30299_amputation_it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but_1765742.png) > [I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harvey-pekar/i-felt-more-alone-that-week-than-any-sometimes-i-d-feel-a-body-lying/) [Harvey Pekar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harvey-pekar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/harvey-pekar-4945_amputees_i-felt-more-alone-that-week-than-any-som_2332042.jpg) > [Martin said, "It feels as though part of my self has detached and gone to Amsterdam, where it—she—is waiting for me. Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/martin-said-it-feels-as-though-part-of-my-self-has-detached-and-gone/) [Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audrey-niffenegger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/audrey-niffenegger-1298_absence_martin-said-it-feels-as-though-part-of-m_2590316.jpg) > [She never got a chance to fall out of love, to do it properly, slowly and thoroughly, and the result was he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dunn/she-never-got-a-chance-to-fall-out-of-love-to-do-it-properly-slowly/) [Sarah Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/sarah-dunn-15457_chance_she-never-got-a-chance-to-fall-out-of-lo_2769372.png) > [ ...for most people in the \[Jewish\] Ghetto \[of Warsaw\] nature lived only in memory -- no parks, birds, or greenery existed in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/for-most-people-in-the-jewish-ghetto-of-warsaw-nature-lived-only-in/) [Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ackerman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/diane-ackerman-1035_amputation_for-most-people-in-the-jewish-ghetto-of_2861976.png) > [But mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. I still loved him. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/but-mostly-i-wondered-why-the-head-could-move-so-swiftly-while-the/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/jodi-picoult-45_feet_but-mostly-i-wondered-why-the-head-could_2911131.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/phantom-limbs/#itemlist", "name": "Phantom limbs Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to talk to her. I want to have lunch with her. I want her to give me a book she just read and loved. She is my phantom limb, and I just can’t believe I’m here without her.”- on losing her best friend", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nora Ephron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/i-want-to-talk-to-her-i-want-to-have-lunch-with-her-i-want-her-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/nora-ephron-1217_believe_i-want-to-talk-to-her-i-want-to-have-lun_944129.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/nora-ephron-1217_believe_i-want-to-talk-to-her-i-want-to-have-lun_944129.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/nora-ephron-1217_believe_i-want-to-talk-to-her-i-want-to-have-lun_944129.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to talk to her. I want to have lunch with her. 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Not because you didn't love them anymore, but because you did, and because that love was useless now, just another dull ache in your phantom limb.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Perrotta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-perrotta/meg-was-going-to-have-to-learn-for-herself-what-laurie-had-figured/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/tom-perrotta-3008_ache_meg-was-going-to-have-to-learn-for-herse_1369691.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/tom-perrotta-3008_ache_meg-was-going-to-have-to-learn-for-herse_1369691.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/tom-perrotta-3008_ache_meg-was-going-to-have-to-learn-for-herse_1369691.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Meg was going to have to learn for herself what Laurie had figured out over the summer - that it was better…” — Tom Perrotta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body of the present. Remembering only encourages the growth of phantom limbs. And it is not simply what one remembers, or why, but what to do with what one remembers, which of the scattered pieces to carry forward, what to protect and preserve, what to leave behind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Camilla Gibb" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-gibb/it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but-why-there-are-sites-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/camilla-gibb-30299_amputation_it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but_1765742.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/camilla-gibb-30299_amputation_it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but_1765742.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/camilla-gibb-30299_amputation_it-is-not-simply-what-one-remembers-but_1765742.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is not simply what one remembers, but why. 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Do you see?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Audrey Niffenegger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audrey-niffenegger/martin-said-it-feels-as-though-part-of-my-self-has-detached-and-gone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/audrey-niffenegger-1298_absence_martin-said-it-feels-as-though-part-of-m_2590316.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/audrey-niffenegger-1298_absence_martin-said-it-feels-as-though-part-of-m_2590316.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/audrey-niffenegger-1298_absence_martin-said-it-feels-as-though-part-of-m_2590316.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Martin said, \"It feels as though part of my self has detached and gone to Amsterdam, where it—she—is waiting…” — Audrey Niffenegger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She never got a chance to fall out of love, to do it properly, slowly and thoroughly, and the result was he was like a phantom limb. Gone but still there. And like a true phantom limb, the preponderance of feelings associated with him were painful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dunn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dunn/she-never-got-a-chance-to-fall-out-of-love-to-do-it-properly-slowly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/sarah-dunn-15457_chance_she-never-got-a-chance-to-fall-out-of-lo_2769372.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/sarah-dunn-15457_chance_she-never-got-a-chance-to-fall-out-of-lo_2769372.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/sarah-dunn-15457_chance_she-never-got-a-chance-to-fall-out-of-lo_2769372.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She never got a chance to fall out of love, to do it properly, slowly and thoroughly, and the result was he…” — Sarah Dunn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...for most people in the [Jewish] Ghetto [of Warsaw] nature lived only in memory -- no parks, birds, or greenery existed in the Ghetto -- and they suffered the loss of nature like a phantom-limb pain, an amputation that scrambled the body's rhythms, starved the senses, and made basic ideas about the world impossible for children to fathom.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diane Ackerman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ackerman/for-most-people-in-the-jewish-ghetto-of-warsaw-nature-lived-only-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/diane-ackerman-1035_amputation_for-most-people-in-the-jewish-ghetto-of_2861976.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/diane-ackerman-1035_amputation_for-most-people-in-the-jewish-ghetto-of_2861976.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed7/diane-ackerman-1035_amputation_for-most-people-in-the-jewish-ghetto-of_2861976.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...for most people in the [Jewish] Ghetto [of Warsaw] nature lived only in memory -- no parks, birds, or…” — Diane Ackerman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. 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