30 Lost Quotes From History

History is a rich tapestry woven with countless stories, insights, and words of wisdom. Among these threads are quotes that have either faded into obscurity or never quite reached the limelight, yet they possess a timeless relevance and potency. This curated collection of the top 30 lost quotes from history aims to unearth these forgotten gems, offering a glimpse into the minds of the past. Whether they were whispered in quiet moments or thundered in grand speeches, these words have the power to inspire, provoke thought, and connect us to the myriad voices that have shaped our world. Join us on a journey to rediscover the echoes of wisdom that have been silent for too long.

1. “Do you ever feel that way?""Lonely?"I search for the words. "Restless. As if you haven't really met yourself yet. As is you'd passed yourself once in the fog, and your heart leapt - 'Ah! There I Am! I've been missing that piece!' But it happens too fast, and then that part of you disappears into the fog again. And you spend the rest of your days looking for it."He nods, and I think he's appeasing me. I feel stupid of having said it. It's sentimental and true, and I've revealed a part of myself I shouldn't have."Do you know what I think?" Kartik says at last."What?""Sometimes, I think you can glimpse it in another.” - Libba Bray

2. “And I know I’ve lost.Everything is lost.Everything is over.“As the newly appointed President of this fair planet of ours,” the Mayor says, holding out his hands as if to show me the world for the first time,” let me be the very first to welcome you to its new capital city.”“Todd?” Viola whispers, her eyes closed.I hold her tightly to me.“I’m sorry,” I whisper to her. “I’m so sorry.”We’ve run right into a trap.We’ve run right off the end of the world.“Welcome,” says the Mayor,” to the New Prentisstown.” - Patrick Ness

3. “They knew how to live with nature and get along with nature. They didn't try too hard to be all men and no animal. That's the mistake we made when Darwin showed up. We embraced him and Huxley and Freud, all smiles. And then we discovered that Darwin and our religions didn't mix. Or at least we didn't think they did. We were fools. We tried to budge Darwin and Huxley and Freud. They wouldn't move very well. So, like idiots, we tried knocking down religion. We succeeded pretty well. We lost our faith and went around wondering what life was for. If art was no more than a frustrated outflinging of desire, if religion was no more than self-delusion, what good was life? Faith had always given us answer to all things. But it all went down the drain with Freud and Darwin. We were and still are lost people.” - Ray Bradbury

4. “Some things were better lost than found.” - Stephen King

5. “Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.” - Michael LeBoeuf

6. “I had to work so hard to find myself again, Alexandr." There was pain in her voice. "I was so lost without you. You left me raw and wounded and trapped in a dark place with no windows or doors. I didn't know how to live without you. I didn't know how to smile or feel or be. It took almost two years before I really accepted that it was over and I had to find a way to go on. I made myself strong. I'm alive again. I can wake up some mornings and be happy. I can look at the ocean and find peace again. Now you're asking me to risk everything all over again and I'm not certain I could survive if it all came crashing down.” - Christine Feehan

7. “Early sign of getting lost is fear.” - Toba Beta

8. “My room is so quiet and empty it hurts.” - Nina LaCour

9. “My best friend is dead, and I could have saved her. It’s so wrong so completely and painfully wrong, that I walked through my front door tonight smiling.” - Nina LaCour

10. “When the bell rings, and lunch is over, I decide to come back here tomorrow, and the next day. I tell myself it really isn’t that bad.” - Nina LaCour

11. “Elise Vasquez and I stand shoulder to shoulder, watching the woman we both feel we lost, and may be never really had.” - Jodi Picoult

12. “There was a man here, lashed himself to a spar as his ship went down, and for seven days and seven nights he was on the sea, and what kept him alive while others drowned was telling himself stories like a madman, so that as one ended another began. On the seventh day he had told all the stories he knew and that was when he began to tell himself as if he were a story, from the earliest beginnings to his green and deep misfortune. The story he told was of a man lost and found, not once, but many times, as he choked his way out of the waves. And the night fell, he saw the Cape Wrath light, only lit a week it was, but it was, and he knew that if he became the story of the light, he might be saved. With his last strength he began to paddle towards it, arms on either side of the spar, and in his mind the light became a shining rope, pulling him in. He took hold of it, tied it round his waist, and at that moment, the keeper saw him, and ran for the rescue boat.” - Jeanette Winterson

13. “Lost, so small amid that dark, hands grown cold, body image fading down corridors of television sky.” - William Gibson

14. “You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me.” - Suzanne Collins

15. “It's like looking through a microscope your whole life," he (Justin) said. "You miss the whole picture. Sometimes you need to get lost in order to discover anything.” - Katie Kacvinsky

16. “People move around so much in the world, things get lost.” - Emma Donoghue

17. “Sometimes when you lose your way in the fog, you end up in a beautiful place! Don’t be afraid of getting lost!” - Mehmet Murat ildan

18. “I Think it is lost.....but nothing is ever lost nor can be lost .The body sluggish, aged, cold, the ember left from earlier fires shall duly flame again.” - Walt Whitman

19. “I'm glad she left me the kids. I'd be lost without them. Lost and bitter. With them here, I'm only bitter.” - Steven Herrick

20. “She stood lost in eternity... watching the immense sky...” - Angela Carter

21. “When you're alone and you feel sad, try reading a book. Try touching someone's heart. Try to imagine what they were thinking, what they wanted to convey. If you do that, you might get something amazing.” - Mizuki Nomura

22. “I did not know I was on a search for passionate aliveness. I only knew I was lonely and lost and that something was drawing me deeper beneath the surface of my life in search of meaning. There is a hunger in people to go to those deep depths; to know that our lives are sacred; that our hearts are truly capable of love. It is a yearning to be all the we can be. A longing for what is real.” - Anne Hillman

23. “See you in another life, brotha.” - Desmond Hume

24. “When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.” - Jack Kornfield

25. “There is no feeling that is comparable to that of being truly lost. I don’t mean lost in the woods, or desert, but lost in the way that only can happen internally. Lost to the deepest,blackest pit of your soul, clinging to ghosts of past times, when you thought you knew who andwhat you were. When this happens, you have two choices; you can give in to your darkest inclinations,and accept what you are, or you can fight, knowing that it is a losing battle, that the good halfof your soul is strong, but can never erase the bad part.” - H.D. Gordon

26. “My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it.” - Charles Baudelaire

27. “I have this recurring nightmare where I'm lost in a strange forest, and my only hope is your sense of direction. Enough to give a fellow the sweats, it is.” - Gerald Morris

28. “You think you know me, but I'm not sure that even I know who I am anymore.” - Nicholas Sparks

29. “Edith’s clothes were flung in disarray on the floor beside the bed, the covers of which had been thrown back carelessly; she lay naked and glistening under the light on the white unwrinkled sheet. Her body was lax and wanton in its naked sprawl, and it shone like pale gold. William came nearer the bed. She was fast asleep, but in a trick of the light her slightly opened mouth seemed to shape the soundless words of passion and love. He stood looking at her for a long time. He felt a distant pity and reluctant friendship and familiar respect; and he felt also a weary sadness, for he knew that he would never again be moved as he had once been moved by her presence. The sadness lessened, and he covered her gently, turned out the light, and got in bed beside her.” - John Williams

30. “I dreamed of dying, long before my dreams have died.” - Anthony Liccione