Quote by John D. MacDonald

“What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?”

— Eugene H. Peterson

“... all isn't lost. We lose things, but sometimes they come back. Life doesn't always happen in the order you want.”

— Cath Crowley

“I know you feel that everything's been taken away from you. But you'll get things back. It just won't be quite like before. But…

— Naomi Hirahara

“I guess once you start parting with all the things you think hold your life together, it's hard to stop—and then you find out…

— Neal Shusterman

“There are a lot of things that manage to get broken in a life, most of them never to be put back together again.”

— Don Kurtz

“Tell me, what’s the most valuable thing anyone can ever have? It’s your life, isn’t it? But you can hold on to it as…

— Ge Fei

“We don't always get what we want. And sometimes, when we do, it's not worth the price.”

— Stephanie Lawton

“The things you want, you never get them. And if you do, they're not what you thought they'd be. But you'd still do anything…

— Megan Abbott

“Sometimes it's not what we hold on to that shapes our lives--it's what we're willing to let go of.”

— Beth Hoffman

“Sometimes it's good to lose something/someone. Because we get what we deserve, not what we desire for.”

— M.H. Rakib

“You can't rely on getting everything you want, but you can always give to others.”

— Ronald Bunch

“Sometimes your life falls apart just enough to allow you to put it back together again in a whole new way.”

— Cris Hammond