Recapture Quotes

“To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost.”
― Peter Høeg, Smilla's Sense of Snow

“The paint is drying, and time is dying. The pain is crying, lying on my back, trying to get back the time, to brushstrokes too fast, wet went dry and love went dull; now I live in a portrait I never painted.”
― Anthony Liccione

“No sound, once made, is ever truly lost. In electric clouds, all are safely trapped, and with a touch, if we find them, we can recapture those echoes of sad, forgotten wars, long summers, and sweet autumns.”
― Ray Bradbury, Now and Forever

“Time made apologies and absolution unnecessary. Time didn't really heal, it just made bad memories distant so that the brain couldn't recapture the lost pain”
― Amulya Malladi, A Breath of Fresh Air

“What is lost is returned to me,
what is far away is near me today.”
― Patrizia Cavalli, My Poems Won't Change the World: Selected Poems

“We are engineered for health, vitality, and resilience, yet we tend to lose a lot as the years go by. What pleasures have you denied yourself? What dreams did you once hold dear? What do you want now? Restore them to their former glory and recapture that which brings you joy.”
― Susan C. Young