“Time is ungovernable, but grief presents us with a choice: what do we do with the savage energies of bereavement? What do… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“Remember to view yourself and your humanness with a kind heart.” — Elizabeth Berrien 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 light in that room was a glow; I seem to remember the color green, or perhaps flowers. A pale green sheet… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“I have been blessed by those I cannot see, but whose presence I feel. I know that I am not alone and… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
“To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering” — E.B. White Copy Share Image
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Grief can destroy you—or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
It's better to keep grief inside. Grief inside works like bees or ants, building curious and perfect structures, complicating you. Grief outside… — Hilary Thayer Hamann Copy Share Image
“I believe I gather strength from the generations of women who came before me - that together we all hold the suffering… — Elizabeth Berrien Copy Share Image
I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“We never truly "get over" a loss, but we can move forward and evolve from it.” — Elizabeth Berrien Copy Share Image
Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
“Mothering while grieving should involve being understanding and keeping a gentle attitude toward yourself as you work to balance your own needs… — Elizabeth Berrien Copy Share Image
For a week, almost without speaking, they went ahead like sleepwalkers through a universe of grief, lighted only by the tenuous reflection… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
I don't feel quite normal if I haven't written for a while. I doubt I will ever again write anything as popular… — J K Rowling Copy Share Image
One by one, drops fell from my eyes like they were on an assembly line - gather, fall, slide...gather, fall, slide...each one… — Lisi Harrison Copy Share Image
When you experience bereavement at a youngish age, you suddenly realise that life is unjust and unfair, that bad things will happen,… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“I know good things have happened, don't mistake an expression of pain for a lack of thankfulness.” — Ashley Nikole Copy Share Image
“When my late father died — now I'm in mourning for my late mother — that sense of grief and bereavement suddenly… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
I need someone who believes that the sun will rise again but who does not fear my darkness. Someone who can point… — Joe Mahoney Copy Share Image
“Isn't she doing this too? Connecting and disconnecting. Facing grief then turning from it. One minute she is caught up in minutiae.… — Sarah Rayner Copy Share Image
“They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd… — Carole Geithner Copy Share Image
