--- title: "6 Feelings Grief Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Feelings Grief quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Feelings Grief sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/sarah-perry-16794_child-psychology_but-it-was-impossible-to-share-my-feelin_640848.jpg" --- > [“But it was impossible to share my feelings of grief with Peggy, because most of the time it was impossible to feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-perry/but-it-was-impossible-to-share-my-feelings-of-grief-with-peggy/) [Sarah Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/sarah-perry-16794_child-psychology_but-it-was-impossible-to-share-my-feelin_640848.jpg) > [“We cannot fight or conquer our feelings of grief, anger, pain, or loss. Just like we cannot fight or conquer nature. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elena-levon/we-cannot-fight-or-conquer-our-feelings-of-grief-anger-pain-or-loss/) [Elena Levon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elena-levon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/elena-levon-19991_death_we-cannot-fight-or-conquer-our-feelings_1215599.jpg) > [ “\[S\]ociety often tends to make those of us in grief feel shame and embarrassment about our feelings of grief. "Shame can be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-d-wolfelt/s-ociety-often-tends-to-make-those-of-us-in-grief-feel-shame-and/) [Alan D. Wolfelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-d-wolfelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/alan-d-wolfelt-77279_grief_s-ociety-often-tends-to-make-those-of-us_1331641.jpg) > [Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of letting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/denial-helps-us-to-pace-our-feelings-of-grief-there-is-a-grace-in/) [Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892_denial_denial-helps-us-to-pace-our-feelings-of_2244816.png) > [Survivors do not mourn together. They each mourn alone, even when in the same place. Grief is the most solitary of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/survivors-do-not-mourn-together-they-each-mourn-alone-even-when-in/) [Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/steven-erikson-588_break_survivors-do-not-mourn-together-they-eac_2911046.jpg) > [“Before and after the funeral I never ceased to cry and be miserable, but it makes me ashamed when I think back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/before-and-after-the-funeral-i-never-ceased-to-cry-and-be-miserable/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/leo-tolstoy-55_boyhood_before-and-after-the-funeral-i-never-cea_3024329.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings-grief/#itemlist", "name": "Feelings Grief Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But it was impossible to share my feelings of grief with Peggy, because most of the time it was impossible to feel them. My sadness was overwhelmed by fear and visceral disgust and rage, rage so consuming and aimless that sometimes I was afraid of myself. I was convinced that the killer's fury had entered me, and would never leave. I knew that Peggy, my soft-bodied former babysitter, with her houseful of Precious Moments figurines, was not interested in hearing about my rage. She wanted to wipe away the tears of the cute little blond girl she had known. 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