Grief Quote by Amanda Coplin

“He had lost the capacity of personal suffering, or he thought he had, and could only be hurt truly by what happened to others.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“He had discovered that grief did not dim with time; it was instead a volatile state of being.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“But now, this time, finally, he felt the anguish and pain thrusting out from deep inside, consciously, knowingly; an emotional agony boiled up within,…

— Anonymous

“He believed that faith gives health. He sought to counsel and calm the despairing by pointing out the Man of Resignation, and to transform…

— Victor Hugo

“Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened. Mourning, the act of dealing with grief, required…

— Joan Didion

“Slowed down by a sense of hopelessness in all his decisions and movements, he suffered from bitter sadness, and his incapacity solidified into a…

— Robert Musil

“Having suffered so much, the capacity for suffering had to some extent left him.”

— D. H. Lawrence

“There was supposed to be grief when someone died, tears and heartfelt eulogies, the cutting pain of loss. Instead, he felt…nothing. Just numbness, an…

— Piper Vaughn

Despite not knowing if what he felt from moment to moment would pass or last forever, he entered fully into his shifting states of…

— Diane Ackerman

“He did not run from his grief, nor did he deny its existence. He could study his grief from a distance, like a scientist…

— Becky Chambers

“This was not the way to think things out for himself, and that was what he had to do. Take each piece of happening…

— Kate Seredy

“He thought suffering was cool. He thought it made him a better writer.”

— Tiffanie DeBartolo