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Grief does not seem to me to be a choice. Whether or not you think grief has value, you will lose what… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
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To love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it. when grief weights you like your own flesh… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
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“Precious to the Lord are the death of His saints." DEATH IS NOT FINAL. God has set eternity in the hearts of… — David Holdsworth Copy Share Image
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The benefits [of the resurrection] are innumerable. To list a few: Our illnesses don't seem nearly so final; Our fears fade and… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
As the Christian's sorrows multiply, his patience grows, until, with sweet, unruffled quiet, he can confront the ills of life, and, though… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
I was angry with him before. I’m not really sure why. Maybe I was just angry that the world had become such… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found… — George Sand Copy Share Image
We're being asked to continually be "authentic" and "honest" with the world through social media. There's a demand to post our wedding… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
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“There was a letter, tucked among the pictures. It was addressed to Santa Claus and written in blue crayon. The jerky letters… — S.J. Watson Copy Share Image
“All my life I'd been a believing Christian. ... But that instant in the ER--the instant Annette [his wife] died--I seemed to… — Bill Bass Copy Share Image
grief is a house where the chairs have forgotten how to hold us the mirrors how to reflect us the walls how… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“The reality of grief is far different from what others see from the outside. There is pain in this world that you… — Megan Devine Copy Share Image
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Labor, like Israel, has many sorrows. Its women weep for their fallen and they lament for the future of the children of… — John L. Lewis Copy Share Image
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Take any emotionlove for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what Im going through, fear and pain from a… — Unkown Copy Share Image
“There’s a term we use for it: “ambiguous grief.” It can be a life sentence. It’s a kind of unresolved grief. You… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
She couldn’t read his expression. As he started toward her, she recalled the way he’d seemed to glide through the sand the… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see--the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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![“The benefits [of the resurrection] are innumerable. To list a few: Our illnesses don't seem nearly so final; Our fears fade and lose their grip; Our grief over those who have gone on is diminished; Our desires to press on in spite of the obstacles is rejuvenated... Our identity as Christians is…” quote by Charles R. Swindoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ee/charles-r-swindoll-878_benefits_the-benefits-of-the-resurrection-are-inn_3197655.jpg)
![“I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and Perrault's tales in old editions which became my chief joy for five or six years ... I've never read them since, but I could tell each tale straight through, and I…” quote by George Sand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d4a/george-sand-1753_chiefs_i-loved-fairy-stories-so-and-my-mother-w_1388127.jpg)
![“Snapping shut his mobile, Dalgliesh reflected that murder, a unique crime for which no reparation is ever possible, imposes it own compulsions as well as it's conventions. He doubted whether Macklefield [the murder victim's Will attorney] would have interrupted his country weekend for a less…” quote by P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/672/p-d-james-7898_grief_snapping-shut-his-mobile-dalgliesh-refle_1505381.jpg)
![“All my life I'd been a believing Christian. ... But that instant in the ER--the instant Annette [his wife] died--I seemed to feel my religious faith die, too. As I thought more about it in the bleak days and weeks that followed, I decided the Bible had gotten it exactly backward. Maybe God hadn't…” quote by Bill Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a50/bill-bass-77319_atheism_all-my-life-i-d-been-a-believing-christi_222687.jpg)
