The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering… — Gordon Allport Copy Share Image
When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the… — Mary Elizabeth Frye Copy Share Image
You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“If you did not live lovingly and love deeply, you would not feel the pain of separation. But neither would you feel… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
Everyone grieves in different ways. For some, it could take longer or shorter. I do know it never disappears. An ember still… — Maria V Snyder Copy Share Image
If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain. — Anne Grant Copy Share Image
“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I see we have a problem.’ Lucas gripped her other arm and gave her a non-too-gentle shake. ‘Are you in a relationship?… — C.C. MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
It was in His parting sorrow--that Jesus asked His disciples to remember Him; and never was entreaty of affection answered so; for… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
Parting is inevitably painful, even for a short time. It's like an amputation, I feel a limb is being torn off, without… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“Suffering can precipitate creativity, liberating the creator through inspiration and then many available channels of human communication, and therefore there is value… — Brent Green Copy Share Image
[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68) — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury? — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Letting go’ sounded like such an easy thing to do...but actually involved a lot of pain.” — Kathy Shuker Copy Share Image
“Love is a powerful force. There is nothing in this world, no other energy, as powerful as the force of genuine, unconditional… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
When along the pavement, Palpitating flames of life, People flicker around me, I forget my bereavement, The gap in the great constellation,… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Each loss brings growth with it, and learning to handle new experiences and taking charge of your needs is part of the… — Elizabeth Berrien Copy Share Image
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I realized that it was not that I didn’t want to go on without him. I did. It was just that I… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image