“The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature.”

“She felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart.”

“It may be argued that the past is a country from which we have all emigrated, that its loss is part of our common humanity.”

“Joey Albert: The hardest part was not being able to be emotional at all, and yet feeling all these great losses.”

“Experience itself, to our own great loss and bane, affords us sad proof that Satan seizes as many opportunities of deceiving and destroying mankind as there are different moods and affections natural to the human character.” Demonolatry, Nicholas Remy”

“Is it possible, that is, to love God no matter what? Job, through three tough tests—the loss of his possessions and children, the loss of his health, and the loss of his friends and their respect—answers in the affirmative. Yes, it is possible. In fact, it is necessary”