Ears Quote by William Shakespeare

When grief is deepest, words are fewest.

— Ann Voskamp

Honesty is reached through the doorway of grief and loss.

— David Whyte

When griefs are genuine, I find, there is nothing more vacuous, more burdensome, or even more impertinent, than letters of consolation.

— Lord Chesterfield

all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

Though my heart may be heavy with grief, I will keep my head up and smile about the good things despite tears. Staying strong…

— Anonymous

the grief that can be turned into words soon heals.

— Nellie L. McClung

Grief will happen either as an open healing wound or a closed festering wound, either honestly or dishonestly, either appropriately or inappropriately. But emotions…

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

With grief, you know, the only way to get through it is through it.

— Dana Reeve

...with a grief no less sharp for not being intimate with its object.

— Donna Tartt

“Acknowledgment--being seen and heard and witnessed inside the truth about one's own life--is the only real medicine of grief.”

— Megan Devine

“Grief ends up giving you the two best things: softness and illumination.”

— Anne Lamott

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

— Samuel Johnson