Quotes About Losing A Leg

#1. I think losing a loved one must be a little like losing a leg. First there is the shock, then the anesthetic, and the painkillers; the attention of doctors and nurses, flowers and cards and visits from friends. But sooner or later you have to learn to walk without it.

Ruth Graham

#2. Once a bird had lost his ability to fly, not much else could be done in the way of mending him. Losing a wing was a little like losing a leg and the freedom of movement, of spirit, it granted you; most people could live without the former but not the latter.

Rebecca Rasmussen

#3. I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.

Judy Holliday

#4. Say the word, even now I can barely stand to

Elizabeth Strout

#5. My mother battled cancer for 12 years before losing her fight.

Jenna Morasca

#6. Falling in love may not be a conscious decision, but removing yourself from the situation before it happens is. So if I meet someone I think I might fall in love with . . . I'll just remove myself from their presence until I'm ready for it.

Colleen Hoover

#7. the Everlasting God.

Anonymous

#8. I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.

Natalie Du Toit

#9. The biggest danger, that of losing oneself, can pass off in the world as quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. is bound to be noticed.

Soren Kierkegaard

#10. You don't limp at all. Your recovery is going well."
"Yes." Though whether someone ever fully recovered from losing a limb, he didn't know. He sure as hell hadn't. It had been five years, and still there were days when the pain in his nonexistent leg was enough to drive him out of his mind.

Laura Oliva

#11. Stood awhile watching, thinking, praying: Lord, give us more. Give us enough. Help us not fall behind peers. Help us not, that is, fall further behind peers. For kids' sake. Do not want them scarred by how far behind we are. That is all I ask.

George Saunders

#12. I boldly assert, in fact I think I know, that a lot of friendships and connections absolutely depend upon a sort of shared language, or slang. Not necessarily designed to exclude others, this can establish a certain comity and, even after a long absence, re-establish it in a second.

Christopher Hitchens

#13. If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.

Lou Holtz

#14. Forever, time is standing still. We are flying away with the wings of desire we call life.

Debasish Mridha

#15. Sometimes you have to get away to remember who you are. Believe in yourself, Lyss. You're strong and smart enough to do this job. Never let anyone tell you different.

Cinda Williams Chima

#16. Same species, same earth, different stories. Like Creation stories everywhere, cosmologies are a source of identity and orientation to the world. They tell us who we are. We are inevitably shaped by them no matter how distant they may be from our consciousness.

Robin Wall Kimmerer

#17. I basically run on two hamstrings on my right leg and three on the other. I'm losing a third of the power.

Michael Owen

#18. And of course she's sad about losing her leg, but she says it's made her realise how many things she hasn't lost ... it's like a millionaire who loses a thousand dollars- he's sad, but he's still not that bad off.

Michael J. Collins

#19. If you have too many epiphanies, you're on some kind of drug.

Barry Diller

#20. The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.

Soren Kierkegaard

#21. Unlike baked beans, loaves of breads or Fuji apples, books once consumed, do not disappear.

John Sutherland