Unrecoverable Loss Quotes

We find a place for what we lose. Although we know that after such a loss the acute stage of mourning will subside, we also know that we shall remain inconsolable and will never find a substitute. No matter what may fill the gap, even if it be filled completely, it nevertheless remains something else.

A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.

There are places from which you cannot return. There is damage that can be irreparable.

There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

You cannot cover a ruin with a page of 'Pravda.'

The harm done is often difficult to repair.

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed their existence; it requires what it cannot hope, that the laws of the universe should be repealed; that the dead should return, or the past should be recalled.

Once form has been smashed, it has been smashed for good, and once a forbidden subject has been released, it has been released for good.

It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it.

I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.