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> [“When you try to take someone's pain away from them, you don't make it better. You just tell them it's not OK to talk about their pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/when-you-try-to-take-someone-s-pain-away-from-them-you-don-t-make-it/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

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## More by Megan Devine

> [“There is not a reason for everything. Not every loss can be transformed into something useful. Things happen that do not have a silver…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/there-is-not-a-reason-for-everything-not-every-loss-can-be/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“Every loss is valid. And every loss is not the same. You can't flatten the landscape of grief and say that everything is equal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/every-loss-is-valid-and-every-loss-is-not-the-same-you-can-t-flatten/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“The reality of grief is far different from what others see from the outside. There is pain in this world that you can't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/the-reality-of-grief-is-far-different-from-what-others-see-from-the/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“True comfort in grief is in acknowledging the pain, not in trying to make it go away. Companionship, not correction, is the way forward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/true-comfort-in-grief-is-in-acknowledging-the-pain-not-in-trying-to/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“We need to know how to live here, where life as we know it can change, forever at anytime.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/we-need-to-know-how-to-live-here-where-life-as-we-know-it-can-change/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“Acknowledgment--being seen and heard and witnessed inside the truth about one's own life--is the only real medicine of grief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/acknowledgment-being-seen-and-heard-and-witnessed-inside-the-truth/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“We have to start telling the truth about this kind of pain-grief , loss, love .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/we-have-to-start-telling-the-truth-about-this-kind-of-pain-grief-loss/)

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> [“What we all share in common - the real reason for this book - is a desire to love better. To love ourselves in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/what-we-all-share-in-common-the-real-reason-for-this-book-is-a-desire/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“When you try to take someone's pain away from them, you don't make it better. You just tell them it's not OK to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/when-you-try-to-take-someone-s-pain-away-from-them-you-don-t-make-it/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“Some things cannot be fixed; they can only be carried. Grief like yours, love like yours, can only be carried. Survival in grief, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/some-things-cannot-be-fixed-they-can-only-be-carried-grief-like-yours/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“The cult of positivity we have does everyone a disservice. It leads us to believe we’re more in charge of the world than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/the-cult-of-positivity-we-have-does-everyone-a-disservice-it-leads-us/)

[Megan Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-devine/)

> [“Some things cannot be fixed. They can only be carried.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/some-things-cannot-be-fixed-they-can-only-be-carried/)

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> [“We need to talk about the hierarchy of grief. You hear it all the time—no grief is worse than any other. I don’t think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-devine/we-need-to-talk-about-the-hierarchy-of-grief-you-hear-it-all-the-time/)

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