In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A vampire is a flexible metaphor. You know, death, sex, change, stagnation, loss of self, loss of agency, having to keep one's… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
I treat anger, grief and strife as a sin, so I let all that go and I am no longer living a… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
If I could build a stairway to heaven. I would, so I could climb it everyday just to see you, tell you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else’s joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone, but though you're still with me, I've been alone all along. — Evanescence Copy Share Image
“Lying in the hotel bed, Hector conceded that, all through ’93, ’94, and ’95, an ever-widening river of good data, mixed with… — Tim Murphy Copy Share Image
Everyone knows how to love,because we are all born with that gift.Some people have a natural talent for it but the majority… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“You start to understand that grief is chronic. That it's more about remission and relapse than it is about a cure.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“She did not like seeing her loved ones like this, bent over with sorrow; everything in her wanted to cry out, to… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mysterious, my heart was… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“We were a religious sect consisting of two people, and now half the congregation was gone. There would be no closure, no… — James Marcus Copy Share Image
“Right now, Dinabai’s face, and Om’s, and mine are all occupied. Worrying about work and money, and where to sleep tonight. But… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“Everyone grieves differently. No one handles the loss of a loved one the same. Some put on a brave face for others,… — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
“He did not run from his grief, nor did he deny its existence. He could study his grief from a distance, like… — Becky Chambers Copy Share Image
“What is love for, if not to intensify our affections—both in life and death? But, O, do not be bitter. It is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Darknesse and light divide the course of time, and oblivion snares with memory, a great part even of our living beings; we… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
“While grief is not fun to deal with, it is a valuable tool to bring about amazing change and growth. The key… — Diamante Lavendar Copy Share Image
On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a… — Richard Henry Horne Copy Share Image
Sorrow, terror, anguish, despair itself are often the chosen expressions of an approximation to the highest good. Our sympathy in tragic fiction… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“Sustained, complicated grief is hard- & yes, potentially dangerous- ANYTHING worthwhile in life holds a certain measure of risk to it- and… — Ashley Nikole Copy Share Image
