I knew from experience there isn't anything anyone can…

Take all away. I am content to know Such love is mine-for life is all too brief To grieve for pleasures bringing only grief;…

— Anonymous

Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of…

— Tomas Transtromer

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

— William Butler Yeats

It's okay that the mind drifts away but you just bring it back.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence .

— Peter Senge

On 'Kaputt,' singer-songwriter Dan Bejar reevaluates his band's sound and drifts away from the David Bowie comparisons that have plagued even his best albums.

— Anthony Fantano

It has occurred to me that if everyone could be there just once to see for themselves what white phosphorous does to the face…

— James Nachtwey

Grief is not just a series of events, stages, or timelines. Our society places enormous pressure on us to get over loss, to get…

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

People talk as if grief were just a feeling -- as if it weren't the continually renewed shock of setting out again and again…

— C. S. Lewis

“Missing someone is a vague, unpleasant sensation, like gnawing anxiety. It isn't as concrete as grief, but it's just as pervasive and there's no…

— Sue Grafton

“[on her Amish friends]I do know this family has borne losses and grief, just like the rest of us. But if they are generally…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Rumors alone can cause his family grief. It just isn't fair to compromise a person's reputation.”

— Mary Ellis

I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love.

— Omar Khayyam

“You don’t get over grief, you just get more used to it.”

— Susan Oakey-Baker

I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues, until…

— Rachel Naomi Remen