Quotes by Grief Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfill it. Often the drinker gets choked before quenching his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share would reach him who does not approach it. Ali ibn Abi Talib islamic grief wisdom I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well. Alice Adams sorrow grief comfort Even for the dead I will not bind my soul to grief, death cannot long divide; for is it not as if the rose that climbed my garden wall had bloomed the other side? Alice Cary wall garden grief The hardest grief is often that which leaves no trace. Alice Hegan Rice hardest grief My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel. Alice Hoffman cold grief speak Depression leads him close to his wounds, but only the mourning for what he has missed, missed at the crucial time, can lead to real healing. Alice Miller grief real healing Courage can be just as infectious as fear. Alice Miller grief Because if she let go of her grief even for a minute it would only hit her harder when she bumped into it again. Alice Munro minutes grief letting-go She sat in her room on the couch my parents had given up on and worked on hardening herself. Take deep breaths and hold them. Try to stay still for longer and longer periods of time. Make yourself small and like a stone. Curl the edges of yourself up and fold them under where no one can see. ~pg 29, Susie's sister Lindsey dealing with grief. Alice Sebold grief parent trying In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go. And I learned very early to listen to it, even though it has caused so much grief and havoc, and I think that is the only answer. Alice Walker voice grief thinking I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there's a real lightheartednes s about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they're not the same, ever again. Alice Walker things-change grief real Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure Alison Bechdel design grief sea Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief Alison Bechdel form grief absence I do think environmental writers need to be forward thinking, not just lamenting our losses. We do need to lament; in some ways it's important to be the vessels for grief for all that's being lost on our planet. But we also need to be forward thinking. Alison Hawthorne Deming grief loss thinking When poets die, other poets take it personally, almost as an affront. A lot of us "left behind" are thinking that poetry is the one thing keeping us alive and present, so what does it mean when one of our ranks chooses to end his or her life? There's an anger beneath the grief, you know? That anger and grief, in turn, breeds other poems from those of us left behind. Allison Joseph grief mean thinking Zach walked away, but I stood there for a long time, wondering if I should go to my mother; if I should go to my friends; but instead I slipped into the corridors I hadn't used in months, pushed my way through cobwebs and darkness, trying to walk away from the tears that burned hot down my cheeks, because maybe I didn't want to admit weakness; maybe I wanted to wallow in my solitude and grief. Or maybe crying is like everything else we do—it's best if you don't get caught. Ally Carter grief mother long Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly tabernacle. He experienced joy and sorrow, happiness and grief, lasting satisfaction and frequent disappointments. As Paul has written, "Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." Alma P Burton grief disappointment happiness I only really fake it anymore with sommeliers who are being really snotty to me and I don't want to take their grief and so I try to do something to kind of throw them off or put them on the defensive, even if I don't know what I'm talking about Alton Brown fake grief talking And I know you've spent a lifetime trying to protect me from the staggering pain of grief that comes from losing the things and the people and the places you allowed yourself to care about--but guess what, Jennika--that's no way to live. As much as it hurts to lose something you love, there's much greater joy in getting to experience it for as long as it lasts. Alyson Noel pain grief hurt Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears. Ambrose Bierce grief suicide death «1234567891011»