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title: "5 Grief Experience Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I love being the age I am, because if there's enough pain or grief, I have enough experience now to realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-gilbert/i-love-being-the-age-i-am-because-if-there-s-enough-pain-or-grief-i/)

[Sara Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-gilbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/sara-gilbert-22542_age_i-love-being-the-age-i-am-because-if-the_66708.jpg)

> [Grief is the natural by-product of love. One cannot selflessly love another person and not grieve at his suffering or eventual death.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/grief-is-the-natural-by-product-of-love-one-cannot-selflessly-love/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/lance-b-wickman-15289_death_grief-is-the-natural-by-product-of-love_1405192.jpg)

> [“Now it is as if I remember my grief rather than experience it. I remember the pain I suffered as the memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-olsson/now-it-is-as-if-i-remember-my-grief-rather-than-experience-it-i/)

[Linda Olsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-olsson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/linda-olsson-22069_death_now-it-is-as-if-i-remember-my-grief-rath_2299277.jpg)

> [“Every human grief you will ever experience has been experienced by humans living and humans yet to come. There is no readiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-north/every-human-grief-you-will-ever-experience-has-been-experienced-by/)

[Claire North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-north/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/claire-north-10078_death_every-human-grief-you-will-ever-experien_2314246.jpg)

> [“Melanie Klein wrote that children go through states of mind comparable to mourning, and that this early mourning is revived when grief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macdonald/melanie-klein-wrote-that-children-go-through-states-of-mind/)

[Helen Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macdonald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/helen-macdonald-24364_children_melanie-klein-wrote-that-children-go-thr_2503397.jpg)

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