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title: "5 Personal Grief Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [So when we call pain a problem, we claim we do not deserve it. We are even prepared to scuttle God to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gerstner/so-when-we-call-pain-a-problem-we-claim-we-do-not-deserve-it-we-are/)

[John Gerstner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gerstner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/john-gerstner-51159_able_so-when-we-call-pain-a-problem-we-claim_193349.png)

> [“Dear Mrs., Mr., Miss, or Mr. and Mrs. Daneeka: Words cannot express the deep personal grief I experienced when your husband, son,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-heller/dear-mrs-mr-miss-or-mr-and-mrs-daneeka-words-cannot-express-the-deep/)

[Joseph Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-heller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/joseph-heller-601_grief_dear-mrs-mr-miss-or-mr-and-mrs-daneeka-w_1392415.png)

> [When sadness happens in the middle of work, I separate my personal grief from my train of thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-aragones/when-sadness-happens-in-the-middle-of-work-i-separate-my-personal/)

[Sergio Aragones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-aragones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/sergio-aragones-18086_death_when-sadness-happens-in-the-middle-of-wo_1470276.png)

> [“(The death of his child) "was the first experience of his life, so far as we know, which drove him to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/the-death-of-his-child-was-the-first-experience-of-his-life-so-far-as/)

[Elton Trueblood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-trueblood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/elton-trueblood-18687_adversity_the-death-of-his-child-was-the-first-exp_2765022.jpg)

> [At certain moments of intense personal grief, capturing images was for me the only way to comprehend later what was happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-meyer/at-certain-moments-of-intense-personal-grief-capturing-images-was-for/)

[Pedro Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/pedro-meyer-46329_certain_at-certain-moments-of-intense-personal-g_3044114.jpg)

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