“Tell me, is it better to know love and have lost it or to have never known it at all? [Camulus]”

“It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”

Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra

“People who say "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" never felt a broken heart.”

LeBron James (1984) American basketball player

“Nobody knows about my man.
They think he's lost on some horizon.
And suddenly I find myself
Listening to a man I've never known before,
Telling me about the sea,
All his love, 'til Eternity.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

“…"better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.”

Harlan Coben (1962) Author

“I have never known what to tell anybody. Except that it is better to do something than nothing, even if the cost is great.”

Garth Nix book Abhorsen

“If you have never known the power of God's love, then maybe it is because you have never asked to know it - I mean really asked, expecting an answer.”

Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian

“Don’t cry for me, Grace. I’m not worth it. (Julian)
Yes you are! (Grace)
You are my saving Grace. Without you, I would never have known love. And I would never have known me again. (Julian)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Fantasy Lover

“A moment lost, forever gone,
can never be again,
so know how much it means to me;
all you said,
all you gave,
all your love to me.”

Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician

“Don't tell me you don't know what love is
When you're old enough to know better.”

Elvis Costello (1954) English singer-songwriter