“the depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Grief is like a long journey You wake each morning in a different place” — David J Delaney Copy Share Image
“Joy, not sorrow. Laughter, not tears. Life, not death. Love, not blame.” — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“This is who I am. This is who I have always been. I am in pain. I am always in pain. But… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Come, young rain of tears; come gentle hands of sorrow. It’s not as terrible as you think.” — Rolf Jacobsen Copy Share Image
Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...all winter the acorns and red Maple leaf moldered in silence - in the same way grief is gnawing at me -… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a… — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Many of life's problems and sorrows are inevitable, but feeling sorry for yourself is a choice. — Amy Morin Copy Share Image
“I knew that he was filled with grief when he finally kissed me one last time in one of the bathroom stalls… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings… — William Drummond Copy Share Image
“I have become a sour woman. I take no joy in meat nor mead, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom, which, if it… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“I was disinterested in everything, even in Ethan. Even, I was ashamed to admit, in Ella. I didn’t know where else I… — Leslie A. Gordon Copy Share Image
“In the mornings I awoke with salty crust of tears around my eyes--my grief struggling to surface when I was in my… — Chandra Prasad Copy Share Image
Do you know, Masha, how revelation comes? Like death. So sudden, though you knew all along it must occur. A revelation is… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
The immense joy in welcoming back the lost son hides in the immense sorrow that has gone before…our brokenness may appear beautiful,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. I realize how little defense… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
How can we accept a situation in which there are no longer orchestras, choruses, libraries or art classes to nourish our children?… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
“In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky — her grand old woods — her fertile fields… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Wolverine and Spider-Man on depression: --Wanna know why it's called "depression"? Because it IS depressing... A death isn't like losing a job… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
There is nothing you can do except try to write it the way that it was. So you must write each day… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Sarah shifted on the bench. I worried she was winding up to say something, that Sky would start humming now, that the… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“And so we sat there in the sickening sillage of the truth, neither of us angry, or upset, just muddling through this… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“You have broken my heart. Just as well. Now I am learning to rise above all that, learning the thin life, waking… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
Remember that finding God will mean the funeral of all sorrows. — Sri Yukteswar Giri Copy Share Image
