--- title: "1 Fiercely Swallowed Quotes By Zeina Kassem" description: "1 Fiercely Swallowed quotes by Zeina Kassem. Plus more from Zeina Kassem and more Fiercely Swallowed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/zeina-kassem-37690_accident_grief-is-shameless-it-refuses-to-be-igno_189736.jpg" --- > [“Grief is shameless; it refuses to be ignored. If you let it have its way, it becomes fatal. If you try to remove it piece by piece, it only multiplies like a tumor. And if you try to fight it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/grief-is-shameless-it-refuses-to-be-ignored-if-you-let-it-have-its/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/zeina-kassem-37690_accident_grief-is-shameless-it-refuses-to-be-igno_189736.jpg) ## More by Zeina Kassem > [“Grief is shameless; it refuses to be ignored. If you let it have its way, it becomes fatal. If you try to remove it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/grief-is-shameless-it-refuses-to-be-ignored-if-you-let-it-have-its/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“I watched life and death unfold like a dance on the side of that road. My son was born with a bloodstained face and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/i-watched-life-and-death-unfold-like-a-dance-on-the-side-of-that-road/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“I don't think I ever fully understood before now the old saying that goes: "A mother's heart loves her young one until he grows;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/i-don-t-think-i-ever-fully-understood-before-now-the-old-saying-that/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“Do our dreams carry messages from the great beyond, sent by the people we have lost, or are they a reflection of our desperation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/do-our-dreams-carry-messages-from-the-great-beyond-sent-by-the-people/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“That's when it hit me; my sunglasses were buried in the grave where my Talal lay. Yes, my sunglasses were buried with him. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/that-s-when-it-hit-me-my-sunglasses-were-buried-in-the-grave-where-my/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“I feel like my life is made up of tiny puzzle parts that no longer fit together. Imagine working on a puzzle only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/i-feel-like-my-life-is-made-up-of-tiny-puzzle-parts-that-no-longer/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“It's as though you had lost an arm or leg but still instinctively reach out to feel your missing limb or try to walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/it-s-as-though-you-had-lost-an-arm-or-leg-but-still-instinctively/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“I wish I had lost an arm or a leg. It would have been much easier than losing a part of my heart, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/i-wish-i-had-lost-an-arm-or-a-leg-it-would-have-been-much-easier-than/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“I could only liken it to the strength of a wheat stalk, which when struck by a storm, bends to the ground, but does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/i-could-only-liken-it-to-the-strength-of-a-wheat-stalk-which-when/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“Our dead become the photographs and words we hang on the walls, but they also hang on the walls of our hearts, the windows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/our-dead-become-the-photographs-and-words-we-hang-on-the-walls-but/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“From cradle to grave, Talal sprinted through life. I never did see a life extinguished so abruptly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/from-cradle-to-grave-talal-sprinted-through-life-i-never-did-see-a/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) > [“The beauty of the sea is that it never shows any weakness and never tires of the countless souls that unleash their broken voices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/the-beauty-of-the-sea-is-that-it-never-shows-any-weakness-and-never/) [Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiercely-swallowed/zeina-kassem/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fiercely Swallowed Quotes By Zeina Kassem", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Grief is shameless; it refuses to be ignored. If you let it have its way, it becomes fatal. 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