Quotes by Grief Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature. Anthony Rapp temperature grief doe And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure . . . And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, 'Yes, the stars always make me laugh!' And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you. Antoine de Saint-Exupery crazy stars grief A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and despairs overcome, and unconscious risks taken; maturity formed through so many desires, hopes, regrets, forgotten things, loves. A man's age represents a fine cargo of experience and memories. Antoine de Saint-Exupery regret grief memories For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures. Antoine de Saint-Exupery grief memories book Cries of despair, misery, sobbing grief are a kind of wealth. Antoine de Saint-Exupery misery despair grief When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give a kind of background to another's grief, against which it stands out more clearly. Whereas in your story the characters cry and you sigh. Yes, be more cold. ... The more objective you are, the stronger will be the impression you make. Anton Chekhov grief kindness character The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. Anton Chekhov powerful grief philosophy Happiness does not await us all. One needn't be a prophet to say that there will be more grief and pain than serenity and money. That is why we must hang on to one another. Anton Chekhov serenity pain grief When you want to touch the reader's heart, try to be colder. It gives their grief as it were, a background, against which it stands out in greater relief. Anton Chekhov grief heart giving For years, I had used these fractured men to justify my cynicism and workaholism, and the grief, insomnia and casual anorexia were no longer of any interest to me. Antonella Gambotto-Burke grief insomnia men Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists. Antonio Porchia losing-a-loved-one grief men Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. But it opens a little less each time, and a little less; and one day we wonder what has become of it. Arthur Golden one-day grief grieving I went back to those graves not long afterward and found as I stood there that sadness was a very heavy thing. My body weighed twice what it had only a moment earlier, as if those graves were pulling me down toward them. Arthur Golden sadness grief grieving After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness. Arthur W. Pink forgiveness grief joy But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much. Arundhati Roy grief law night Her grief grieved her. His devastated her. Arundhati Roy devastated grief I love when people are resilient and when they form ways of dealing with grief or dealing with some traumatic episode, and sometimes those are the wrong choices. Atom Egoyan grief choices people Hatred is the fury of those who do not share our goals, and its object is death and destruction. Anger is a grief of distortions between peers, and its object is change. Audre Lorde anger hate grief Somedays, if bitterness were a whetstone, I could be sharp as grief. Audre Lorde bitterness grief ifs Too many people I've loved dearly have left this earth. And some I've lost are still here breathing the same air. That grief can be comparable if not worse in its consumption. Aunjanue Ellis breathing grief air «345678910111213»