“My father might be right. If I lost Noah, I might just lose my mind.”

“Would you mind repeating that? I'm afraid I might have lost my wits altogether and just hallucinated what I've longed to hear.”

“If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey.”

“When (The World According To) Garp was published, people who’d lost children wrote to me. ‘’I lost one, too,’’ they told me. I confessed to them that I hadn’t lost any children. I’m just a father with a good imagination. In my imagination, I lose my children every day. (afterword)”

“I think I grew up that night. It might have been Patrick that lost his virginity, but it was me that lost my innocence.”

“Now you know I’m a reporter, so you might as well answer my question truthfully, or I’ll just keep asking it until you lose your mind. (Susan)”