Burdened Quote by Fredrik Backman

“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

“She did not like seeing her loved ones like this, bent over with sorrow; everything in her wanted to cry out, to thrash and…

— Anne Ursu

“Happiness can be a cruel thing in the face of someone else's grief.”

— Sasha Gould

“Grief is a good thing. It's the way we get through the transitions of life.”

— Rick Warren

“Maybe his grief was like her wounded arm. Slowly healing. Gradually becoming less consuming as life delivered other worries and other joys. Other sources…

— Veronica Rossi

“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

“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

“Isn’t it tragic that sometimes it takes grief to understand what we have held so dear?”

— Priscille Sibley

“The grieving process is different for everyone. The very thing that might bring peace to one person might bring despair to another.”

— Heather Burch

“Her grief is old, I reminded myself. And yet I didn't think pain like that ever faded entirely. Grief had its own life, took…

— Leigh Bardugo

“And yet I didn't think pain like that ever faded entirely. Grief had its own life, took its own sustenance.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“This was what real grief felt like—she had never truly felt it before. All the times she had been sad, all the times she…

— Dan Chaon