Quote by Garth Risk Hallberg

“The idea of love doesn’t account for a fear of loss. In loving him, I grew afraid of losing him, more and more by…

— Jessica Soffer

“Why love what you will lose? There is nothing else to love.”

— Louise Glück

“This life is built almost entirely of love and losing, isn’t it?”

— Andrea Gibson

“And why love things you were destined to lose? Why let yourself feel things if the feelings were doomed to die?”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“Loving and losing. They’re such similar words.”

— Kylie Ladd

“Maybe we lost the things we loved then so we could survive losing everything else.”

— Susan Pfferr

“Because of love, of course. The more you love something, the harder it is to lose.”

— Ava Dellaira

“Maybe is wasn't love so much as a fear of losing everything I'd accomplished. I was afraid to let go.”

— Dee Williams

“He had yet to discover his purpose, yet he had already lost the love of his life.”

— Felix Alexander

“To love and lose and still be kind.”

— Warsan Shire

“He’s got that ‘born to lose and lose violently’ air about him. That’s good.”

— Daniel Woodrell

“The likeliest outcome is that you win your love for just a little while, and then regret his loss forever.”

— Kai Ashante Wilson