Adversity Quotes

"A pregnancy loss is a death we experience in our own bodies: There is no death we experience more intimately than one that literally passes through us."

- Elizabeth Bechard

"When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, there isn’t a word to describe them."

- Ronald Reagan

"When you get blindsided by your body, that betrayal of your body is very hard to overcome."

- Hilarie Burton

"I felt lost and alone, and I felt like I failed. I didn't know how common miscarriages were because we don't talk about them. We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we're broken."

- Michelle Obama

"Too bad nobody told me that being a superhero is an impossible game to win, or that the ones closest to me would always suffer the most."

- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

"In every other universe, Gwen Stacy falls for Spider-Man... And in every other universe, it doesn't end well."

- Gwen Stacy

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."

- Nelson Mandela

"Nothing was working, and my friend was dead, and I didn't want to look at that."

- Anthony Kiedis

"Whenever something scary happens or I want to comment on something, like Joyce and Hopper’s constant bickering, which is getting annoying, I glance toward Adam’s side of the couch. And each and every time I do, the pain of his absence pierces my chest. That’s the thing about losing someone: there’s one major death followed by a million little deaths."

- Alexandra Latos

"The loss of a friend is the greatest of losses.."

- Publilius Syrus

"In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many chefs have made personal enemies."

- Anthony Bourdain

"What causes sibling rivalry? Having more than one kid."

- Tim Allen

"I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant."

- Chuck Close

"One thing I've never said in my whole life is, 'Let's have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.'"

- Alan King

"Bangry is a type of anger experienced by stylists when clients cut their own bangs."

- Behind the chair

"Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair."

- Sam Ewing

"Sometimes you can’t let go of what’s making you sad, because it was the only thing that made you happy."

"Grieving is like having broken ribs. On the outside you look fine, but with every breath, it hurts."

"What does a miscarriage feel like? It feels as if you have been short-changed by nature. You will cry for what might have been but nobody will understand because they didn’t feel it."

"Do not muffle your cries, for they are the sound of pregnancy loss."

"A friend's death is a great sorrow for all who loved them."

"They say friends are the family we choose. Being chosen was the greatest moment of my life, and when they passed away, it was the worst moment of my life."

"Losing a friend is like losing the sibling you chose. A devastating moment that will change you forever."

"The hardest part of losing someone isn’t having to say goodbye but rather learning to live without them."

"Friends are the family we choose, and losing you feels like losing a part of myself."

"Your absence is a void that can't be filled."

"I still pick up my phone to call them, forgetting they're not there."

"God gives His hardest battles to His strongest soldiers."

"You’ve never really had your heart broken until you have to block and delete everything after a breakup."

"Unlike life and a box of chocolates, with box color, you always know what you’re going to get—a really expensive color correction bill."