Considering Quote by Brenna Yovanoff

“Grief held on. It would not let go of loss, because to do that was to accept it. I told that to grieving families…

— Patricia Cornwell

“grief was a personal thing; something you had to come to terms with and find a way to get through somehow.”

— Connie Suttle

“So grieve what you had to do. Mourn it, but never, ever blame yourself for things that are beyond your control.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Guilt kept me going. It was impossible not to blame myself for what had happened, but even guilt was a comfort. It was a…

— Paul Auster

“Grief was what you owed the dead for the necessary crime of living on without them.”

— Kamila Shamsie

“It was in kindness that the thought came to me now, whether it was truly spoken, or only called forth from my exhausted memory…

— Diana Gabaldon

“I had a feeling of shame about my grief, as if I was making false amends for the bitterness I felt towards him when…

— Michael Ignatieff

“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

“grief is as much about regret for what you’ve never had as sadness for what you’ve lost. Anyway, we got through it somehow.”

— David Nicholls

“Her grief was dignified and hidden, as is most grief, which is partly why there is always so much of it to go around.”

— Kevin Powers

“Was my sacrifice worth it? I felt hollow and bereft, yet the grief in my heart had palpable weight, bearing me down to the…

— S. Jae-Jones

“Grief wraps around people, takes them to a place they would not go otherwise.”

— Patti Callahan Henry