“In this quiet place on a quiet street where no one ever finds us gently, lovingly, freedom gives back our pain. --from… — Author-Poet Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The path of a cosmonaut is not an easy, triumphant march to glory. You have to get to know the meaning not… — Yuri Gagarin Copy Share Image
“The night that our friend's wife died, my brokenhearted husband called his mother: "What do I say?"... There is nothing to say.… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“The causes of familial discord and distance are countless, but the results are often the same: secrecy, blame, sadness, hurt, confusion, and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
There's a moment when love makes you believe in death for the first time. You recognize the one whose loss, even contemplated,… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
His gaze against the sweeping of the bars / has grown so weary, it can hold no more. To him, there seem… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“Time doesn't heal. It's what you do with the time. Healing is possible when we choose to take responsibility when we choose… — Edith Egar Copy Share Image
The heart bow'd down by weight of woe, To weakest hope will cling, To thought and impulse while they flow, That can… — Alfred Bunn Copy Share Image
When I realize that she is gone, perhaps gone forever, a great void opens up and I feel that I am falling,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing like sorrow to get your attention. It is almost as though sorrow pulls presence out of you. In the midst… — Macrina Wiederkehr Copy Share Image
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“When I lie waking all alone, Recounting what I have ill done, My thoughts on me then tyrannize, Fear and sorrow me… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
“We need to talk about the hierarchy of grief. You hear it all the time—no grief is worse than any other. I… — Megan Devine Copy Share Image
“My weakness did not pass; it grew worse the longer I was awake. I thought about calling for Twig or Thistle, to… — S. Jae-Jones Copy Share Image
“We find a place for what we lose. Although we know that after such a loss the acute stage of mourning will… — J. William Worden Copy Share Image
I'm inclined to reserve all judgement, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and made me the victim… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“What is hope? Like love, it is hard to define, but easy to recognize, a state of being that compels us to… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
The Language of Sand has something for everyone: myths, mystery, community, humor, grief, and ultimately healing. I found myself not only rooting… — Brunonia Barry Copy Share Image
She heard the trace of fear in his voice. The fear that a small boy must have felt when every woman he… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
You left ground and sky weeping, mind and soul full of grief. No one can take your place in existence, or in… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Except for my daughters, I have not grieved for any death as I have grieved for his . His was a great… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“But grief is not a force and has no power to hold. You only bear it. Love is what carries you, for… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
“Grief broke down in phrases And extrapolated lines From me without myself Tear-stained pillow of stone I felt I was lying Beside… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
It's the sorrow you feel that allows you to crave love. Without the suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears,… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“But tormented souls have this incredible ability to recognize and approach one another, thus compounding their grief. Why hadn't I noticed this… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
“Her parents were killed in their private helicopter. An elite death but at the moment of dying we are all penniless. She… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I've learned a thing or two from Barrons: Power is sexy. It shapes my spine, infuses my beckoning hand. I have not… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“He had pulled out of that grief, eventually – out from under the suffocating weight of it. Suffering had formed him: made… — Amanda Coplin Copy Share Image
The only language she could speak was grief. How could he not know that? Instead, she said, "I love you." She did.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Goodbyes are not easy, but I'm ready to move on. I'm not reluctant, Emma, not holding back. I don't have answers to… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Grieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Grief makes you feel alone, but you're not. I know you don't believe in-in religion-the same way I do, but you can… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“I have a moment where I finally realize that the aching heart, the longing, the grief, the insanity...I finally get it after… — Lauren Hammond Copy Share Image
“I cried then, holding nothing back. For empty years, yearning for the touch of a hand. Hollow years, lying beside a man… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
People were always sorry. Sorry they had done what they had done, sorry they were doing what they were doing, sorry they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Loneliness is something we [all people] go through. We go through mourning and longing. We make some bad choices sometimes because we're… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
Joy, grief, desire or fear, whate'er the name The passion bears, its influence is the same; Where things exceed your hope or… — Horace Copy Share Image
![“Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may cut free memories and feelings that we thought had gone to ground long ago. We might, in that indeterminate period they call mourning, be in a…” quote by Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f93/joan-didion-497_age_despite-our-preparation-indeed-despite-o_1987477.jpg)
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