Abuse Quote by John Adams

“I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has…

— John Adams

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

— Sophocles

“Grief works its own perversions and betrayals; the shape of what we have lost is as subject to corruption as the mortal body...”

— Barry Unsworth

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough…

— Joseph Addison

“Grief produces an abundant energy that must find a way to burn itself up. And that is the fundamental problem, one that can take…

— Bill Carter

“Grief is a universal experience from which no one will be spared.”

— Nathalie Himmelrich

I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.

— Judith McNaught

“After desolation, grief brings back our humanity”

— Mason Cooley

“And grief was dangerous, because people fought hard and smart to protect the living. People got themselves—and everyone around them—killed trying to avenge the…

— Kit Rocha

What was so terrible about grief was not grief itself, but that one got over it.

— P. D. James

“Grief is the agony of an instant: the indulgence of grief is the blunder of life. ”

— Benjamin Disraeli

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

— Benjamin Disraeli