Customs Quote by Marcel Proust

“Great grief can be worn charmingly by a beauty and I have seen a lot of gracious dignity at funerals in my time but…

— Julian Fellowes

I extend my condolences to those who have lost a loved one by saying, Good mourning.

— Rudy Espinoza

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

The world is full of tragedy; and sympathy, a little common sympathy, can do so much to soften the worst of grief. It is…

— Mona Caird

I have sympathy for anyone who finds consolation anywhere we can. And many people do find it in religious tradition as it has been.…

— Elaine Pagels

“I need to tell about my people in their grief. I don’t think grief is something they get over or get away from. In…

— Wendell Berry

The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to…

— Jack Kornfield

Most people deal with grief in an awkward way, and that can be funny.

— John Cho

Our culture has become increasingly intolerant of that acute sorrow, that intense mental anguish and deep remorse which may be defined as grief. We…

— Edward Hirsch

the territory of grief ... is both cruel and commonplace.

— Gail Caldwell

It is only kindred griefs that draw forth our tears, and each weeps really for himself.

— Heinrich Heine

I have discovered, passionate grief does not link us with the dead but cuts us off from them. This becomes clearer and clearer. It…

— Anonymous