“the road is difficult. - But come; loss now will be gain then! To wait is harder than to run, and its meed is the fuller.”
“The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.”
“Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it.”
“Shewas afraid of getting too close to anyone. To her, closeness representeda loss rather than a gain.”
“Loss is loss, and nothing is gained by calling it by a nicer name.”
“This is what making love must be like, she thinks. At twelve years old, she understands little more than that it will begin with loss - the loss of virginity, the loss of innocence - but that at some point there stands to be a gain.”