When my mother died, my father's early widowhood gave him social cachet he would not have had if they had divorced. He… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“needed mothering. Grief and distance bound the wound, perfecting the bond” — M.L. Stedman Copy Share Image
Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“grief. We do and say strange things—sometimes bizarre things—when we are swallowed up in grief. No one should be hard on us… — R. T. Kendall Copy Share Image
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured. — Homer Copy Share Image
“Around them, the dawn gently wakes Borg like someone breathing into the ear of someone they love. With sun and promises. Tickling… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take… — Marshall Ulrich Copy Share Image
The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“In the end, the problem was not grief. Grief was the first cause, perhaps, but it soon gave way to something else… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The heart that loves must one day grieve. Love and grief are the Goddess's twined gifts. Let the pain in, let it… — Cate Tiernan Copy Share Image
I began to know my story then. Like everybody's, it was going to be the story of living in the absence of… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Tears and sorrows and losses are a part of what must be experienced in this present state of life: some for our… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief. Stay happy. — Babloo Copy Share Image
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Some felt that perhaps in his past lay a tragedy with which he had never been able to make his peace, that… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we become accustomed to our grief and, as it becomes increasingly familiar, increasingly part of the emotional landscape, it becomes a… — David Rieff Copy Share Image
“She has come to stay, to be with Claire for a day or two. To sleep in the spare room. To accompany… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“I do not mean the difficulty. I do not mean the sex. I mean there are too many failings. Not enough hope.… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“Rain is a lullaby heard through a thick, isolating blanket of clouds. It is the tinkling harp of water droplets; a moist… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“As the psalmists cry out in joy or grief, they stir us as we identify similar emotions in ourselves.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Closer, it’s all right. Touch the man of grief. Do. Don’t be afraid. My troubles are mine and I am the only… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness.… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
“I miss her. God, I do. It’s beyond missing; it’s a kind of mourning. And not just for everything we had, but… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
