Quote by C.S. Lewis

The death of a beloved is an amputation.

The death of a beloved is an amputation.

Summary

This quote implies that losing someone we deeply love and care about feels like losing a part of ourselves. The analogy likens the pain of losing a loved one to an amputation, highlighting how the absence of the person feels physically and emotionally debilitating. Just as losing a limb changes the way we function and perceive the world, the death of a beloved profoundly alters our lives and affects our sense of identity, leaving a lasting impact that is difficult to overcome.

Topics

Death Bereavement

By C.S. Lewis

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.

Death

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosi

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.

Sir Winston Churchill

War

Let no feeling of discouragement preyupon you, and in the en

Let no feeling of discouragement preyupon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational Quotes

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

Nature

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who s

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

Power

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them a

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.

Courage

Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen

Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.

He that dies pays all his debts.

He that dies pays all his debts.

William Shakespeare

Debt / Borrow / Loan

Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes

Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes

George MacDonald

Love

Sa-ti descoperi rostul in viata reprezinta totul.Te asigur c

Sa-ti descoperi rostul in viata reprezinta totul.Te asigur ca si tu ai ceva cu care sa contribui la viata din jurul tau.S-ar putea sa nu stii inca despre ce este vorba,dar nu ai fi pe pamant daca nu ai avea rostul tau.Stiu sigur ca Dumnezeu nu face greseli,insa face miracole.Eu sunt una dintre ele.Si tu la fel.

Life God Miracles

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches a

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

Religion

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 1 Corinthians 15:55

Death