Creative writing Quote by Joan Bauer

“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

“Explaining one's recent loss as more of a continuous journey rather than a dead end, giving one of the invaluable opportunity to gain strength…

— Cecelia Ahern

“Loss is more than just death, and grief is the gray shape-shifter of emotion.”

— Jodi Picoult

“There's no such thing as simple mourning for anyone, really, except that as writers our grief becomes woven into the fabric of our work…

— Edwidge Danticat

“You begin to cry and writhe and yell and then to keep on crying; and finally, grief ends up giving you the two best…

— Anne Lamott

“I want to go into the sympathy card business. . . Forget sappy messages about overcoming. I want ones that say NOW YOU’LL BE…

— Courtney Summers

“Grief is not necessarily any prettier than death, and the grief-stricken do not wander like lambs grateful for the shepherd's guidance. They can be…

— Piers Anthony

“In this momentous night, however, he knew far more sadness than grief, and while deep sadness bruises the heart, it doesn’t leave the enduring…

— Dean Koontz

Poets have always celebrated grief as one of the deepest human emotions.

— Edward Hirsch

“Grief is an ambush. You’re walking along feeling fine, look down, see a leaf, and begin to weep. —Jack”

— Naomi Shihab Nye

“A writer must empathize with all of their characters because he is the one that bestowed upon them both joy and misery.”

— Terry A O'Neal

“The moral of the story is that grief, to the person of feeling, is a permanent wound, not a transient state.”

— Micheal Korda