--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: You know when you've found it that's…" description: "\"“You know when you've found it that's something I've learned, cause you feel it when they take it away.”\" — Damien Rice" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/damien-rice-26005_amie_you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-som_1861224.jpg" --- # You know when you've found it that's something I've… ![“You know when you've found it that's something I've learned, cause you feel it when they take it away.” quote by Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/damien-rice-26005_amie_you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-som_1861224.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/damien-rice-26005_amie_you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-som_1861224.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/damien-rice-26005_amie_you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-som_1861224.jpg) > ““You know when you've found it that's something I've learned, cause you feel it when they take it away.”” [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Describes the deep, intuitive feeling of recognizing something valuable that is later lost. **In simple terms:** You know it when you have it. Key Takeaway Cherish what you have. Themes love loss intuition value ephemerality Mood melancholic introspective Type poetic emotional When to use this quote - relationships - creative projects - personal passions - moments of joy Key Concepts attachment recognition transience Questions to Reflect On - What do you take for granted? - How can you protect cherished things? A Different Perspective Loss can be inevitable despite awareness. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Lessons learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lessons-learned/) ## Related quotes > [You know when you've found it 'cause you feel it when they take it away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-cause-you-feel-it-when-they-take-it-away/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“ I saw a spaceship fly by your window. Did you see it disappear? ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/i-saw-a-spaceship-fly-by-your-window-did-you-see-it-disappear/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [I learned to give, not cause I have much but because I know exactly how it feels to to have nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-13/i-learned-to-give-not-cause-i-have-much-but-because-i-know-exactly/) [Ana 13](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-13/) > [Happy the person who has learned the cause of things and has put under his or her feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virgil/happy-the-person-who-has-learned-the-cause-of-things-and-has-put/) [Virgil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virgil/) > [What makes people special is not the happiness you feel when you are with them, but the pain you feel when they are away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-makes-people-special-is-not-the-happiness-you-feel-when-you-are/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“when I see you, I feel the same. It is when I am away that I lose myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-dewitt/when-i-see-you-i-feel-the-same-it-is-when-i-am-away-that-i-lose-myself/) [Patrick deWitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-dewitt/) > [“I thought I could handle it, and I was doing pretty well until I sat across from you and looked up at you from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-oliver/i-thought-i-could-handle-it-and-i-was-doing-pretty-well-until-i-sat/) [Tess Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-oliver/) > [Every day is the same thing out the door Feel further away then ever before Some things in life, it gets too late to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/every-day-is-the-same-thing-out-the-door-feel-further-away-then-ever/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) > [Life is not about the mistakes you've made, but the lessons you've learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-not-about-the-mistakes-you-ve-made-but-the-lessons-you-ve/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“How strange it was to have the power to cause others to feel something she herself did not feel; and then catch the hint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/how-strange-it-was-to-have-the-power-to-cause-others-to-feel/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [Cause I feel like such an insomniac.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owl-city/cause-i-feel-like-such-an-insomniac/) [Owl City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owl-city/) > [Turn up the music, cause I feel a little turned on. Turn up the music, dont you try to turn me down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rihanna/turn-up-the-music-cause-i-feel-a-little-turned-on-turn-up-the-music/) [Rihanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rihanna/) > [Cause I feel so awesome How you feel? Awesome, I guess thats awesome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xv/cause-i-feel-so-awesome-how-you-feel-awesome-i-guess-thats-awesome/) XV > [All I ever wanted was someone to knock me back to the bliss of ignorance 'cause I feel like running head-first into traffic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/switchblade/all-i-ever-wanted-was-someone-to-knock-me-back-to-the-bliss-of/) [Switchblade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/switchblade/) > [Nature has placed in the front part of man, as he moves, all those parts which when struck cause him to feel pain; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/nature-has-placed-in-the-front-part-of-man-as-he-moves-all-those/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) ## More by Damien Rice > [I feel like I'm moving from a world where I was creating fantasies that weren't real inside - and very often feeling really dissatisfied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/i-feel-like-i-m-moving-from-a-world-where-i-was-creating-fantasies/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [Love tought me to cry. So come on courage, teach me to be shy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/love-tought-me-to-cry-so-come-on-courage-teach-me-to-be-shy/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [I had to take a bit of a break and fast for a while, but then I found myself very, very hungry when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/i-had-to-take-a-bit-of-a-break-and-fast-for-a-while-but-then-i-found/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [“stones taught me to fly, love taught me to lie, courage teach me to be shy... because it's not hard to fall when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/stones-taught-me-to-fly-love-taught-me-to-lie-courage-teach-me-to-be/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/sometimes-you-have-to-step-away-from-what-you-love-in-order-to-learn/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [When you go to bed at night, you get seven or eight hours of sleep. I've had enough sleep. I've rested, and it's as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/when-you-go-to-bed-at-night-you-get-seven-or-eight-hours-of-sleep-i/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [“Cold, cold water, surrounds me now, and all I've got is your hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/cold-cold-water-surrounds-me-now-and-all-i-ve-got-is-your-hand/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [For me, the more I live, the more I need to write. The more I push myself to really live and really experience things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/for-me-the-more-i-live-the-more-i-need-to-write-the-more-i-push/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [Love taught me to cry So come on courage! Teach me to be shy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/love-taught-me-to-cry-so-come-on-courage-teach-me-to-be-shy/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [Leave me out with the waste. This is not what I do. It's the wrong kind of place to be thinking of you. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/leave-me-out-with-the-waste-this-is-not-what-i-do-it-s-the-wrong-kind/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/i-want-to-keep-a-thread-between-the-studio-and-the-stage-and-i-want/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [Stones taught me to fly Love taught me to lie And life taught me to die So it's not hard to fall When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/stones-taught-me-to-fly-love-taught-me-to-lie-and-life-taught-me-to/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [My eyes were closed, they're open now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/my-eyes-were-closed-they-re-open-now/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [They wanted to 'radiofy' what I was doing. I was also in a position where I was compromised. I was much younger and maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/they-wanted-to-radiofy-what-i-was-doing-i-was-also-in-a-position/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) > [“The shorter story; No love, no glory; No hero in her skies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/the-shorter-story-no-love-no-glory-no-hero-in-her-skies/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) [Explore all 22 Damien Rice quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) ## More Amie quotes > [“ I saw a spaceship fly by your window. Did you see it disappear? ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/i-saw-a-spaceship-fly-by-your-window-did-you-see-it-disappear/) [Damien Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/) Browse all 2 Amie quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You know when you've found it that's something I've learned, cause you feel it when they take it away.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Damien Rice" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-something-i-ve-learned-cause-you/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Amie" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-something-i-ve-learned-cause-you/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/damien-rice-26005_amie_you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-som_1861224.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/damien-rice-26005_amie_you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-som_1861224.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/damien-rice-26005_amie_you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-som_1861224.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know when you've found it that's something I've learned, cause you feel it when they take it away.” — Damien Rice", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Damien Rice", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-rice/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“You know when you've found it...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-something-i-ve-learned-cause-you/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-rice/you-know-when-you-ve-found-it-that-s-something-i-ve-learned-cause-you/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```