In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. In the face of injustice, one may… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Though it’s reasons to burn may vary... you are always the fuel of my fire.” — Ranata Suzuki Copy Share Image
I think that public grieving is a good thing. People need to be grieved; loss needs to be acknowledged publicly, because it… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“She had thought that when someone died, it would be like they went into a different room. She had not known that… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
During the course of my presidency, it feels as if a couple times a year, I end up having to speak to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“I miss that feeling of connection. Knowing he was out there somewhere thinking about me at the same time I was thinking… — Ranata Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Some of the most challenging work a suicide survivor can do is to pray. To pray fully, survivors must bring all of… — Harold Ivan Smith Copy Share Image
you seem to grieve for what is not so ... and there is no need to let your heart run ahead into… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It's unnatural to believe death usually has a beauty and a concordance and is usually a coming together of your life's work.… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
“Whenever something scary happens or I want to comment on something, like Joyce and Hopper’s constant bickering, which is getting annoying, I… — Alexandra Latos Copy Share Image
One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
We had just played a sold-out show and it had been a fun night when we heard the news. It brought everything… — Brendan Bayliss Copy Share Image
In mindful grief, we become the landing strip that allows any feelings to arrive. Some crash, some land softly. Some harm us,… — David Richo Copy Share Image
I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her. My whole life sort of ended… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
It was a strange lightness, a drifting feeling. Zero gravity. I understood that everything that once seemed solid and immovable might just… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“And, I think, this greening does thaw at the edges, at least, of my own cold season. Joy sneaks in: listening to… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down. — Bede Jarrett Copy Share Image
For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Fear manifested itself as a physical presence that seemed to dominate the public sphere. Time almost stopped. Even without confirmation I could… — Phindiwe Nkosi Copy Share Image
