“My heart broke when he died, split in half and fell down into my stomach or somewhere deep and muddy, and I'm… — Jen Violi Copy Share Image
In writing, I'm totally anti-plans of any kind. All my attempts to plan and plot novels have come to grief, and in… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
As for me: I loyally remained right where I was, remembering the very first I had ever seen the boy and then… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
“Last night he kept the vigil alone. He lay awake, wishing Liz back; waiting for her to come and lie beside him.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Many people suffer great miseries but if you ask them in front of others, 'you went through great difficulty, didn't you?', then… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
My worst year. The only thing that I know for a fact now is that if it's really a bad day, then… — Iman Abdulmajid Copy Share Image
It made Fire so angry, the thought of such a medicine, a violence done to herself to stop her from creating anything… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“Grief is such a strange thing. Sometimes it seems to be gone entirely, but then one smell or sound or memory and… — Natalie Whipple Copy Share Image
“Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example,'The night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance.' The… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“In the dance of life, I became a master of wit, putting on a smile when my heart yearned to weep and… — lifeispositive.com Copy Share Image
“You can miss places. You can miss people. Just know that what you’re really missing is the way things were. And even… — Ranata Suzuki Copy Share Image
“May your heart be mine, may my heart be yours. May your sorrows be mine, may my joys be yours.” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“When people told me I was so strong for surviving my daughter’s death, I wanted to scream. But the truth is that… — Lynda Cheldelin Fell Copy Share Image
“I found myself painting again. I hadn't toyed with it in years but it helped with the sadness. It was an outlet,… — Gideon Rathbone Copy Share Image
“No one else could share his quandary. His agonies were a mixture of shame, of loss fueled by profoundly rooted fury—solitary burdens… — Tom Baldwin Copy Share Image
It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hate being the heartbreaker. Hate it. If I date somebody and it doesn't work out, it's another nightmare for me. — John Mayer Copy Share Image
There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting. — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
Jesmyn Ward returns to the world of her first two books, but here in the mode of non-fiction. A clear-eyed witness to… — Nicholas Delbanco Copy Share Image
“One of the worst things about burying a child is the stress of wondering.” — Leslie A. Gordon Copy Share Image
“We share in grief and ritualize letting go and moving on, but at heart, all true grief is private. There” — Kirk Russell Copy Share Image
Thou silent power, whose welcome sway charms every anxious thought away; in whose divine oblivion drown'd, sore pain and weary toil grow… — Mark Akenside Copy Share Image
“The pain of heartache often comes in unpredictable episodes of intense pain that come and go. These episodes are called grief “spasms”—you… — Susan J. Elliott Copy Share Image
If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Life is filled with challenges, mistakes are made, hearts have been broken by cherished love, filling our hearts with grief and our… — Coleen Brissett Copy Share Image
“There was one thing more he wanted from this funeral. He wanted to see the hearse pass by again, the body tilted… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“Throughout our times with Christopher [therapist] we were encouraged to work together at communicating on the inside. He pointed out that it… — Carolyn Bramhall Copy Share Image
I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there's a real lightheartednes s about just… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Jesus never tried to hide his loneliness and dependence on other people. He chose his disciples not as servants but as friends.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image