Quotes by Grieving You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the universal solvent, stop grieving. You will learn to compound happiness out of small increments of mindless pleasure. Jay McInerney practicegrievingthinking What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder? Henry David Thoreau heartbreakgriefgrieving And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered. What really mattered in life, what gave it weight, was death. Jeffrey Eugenides sickgrievingpeople Why is the measure of love loss? Jeanette Winterson love-losslossgrieving It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be disingenuous to say that every part coming to an adoption isn't seriously grieving. Jennifer Gilmore grievinglyingpeople I did grieve a bit when I wasn't having the chemo anymore. I was used to sitting in the little chair and then the nurse would come and do it. It was like that was your job for that long and it was reassuring. Jennifer Saunders nursegrievingjobs Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be. Jennifer Weiner grievingsometimesthinking We're more concerned about our own "victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart. Jerry Bridges victoryheartgrieving Each death and departure comes to us as a surprise, a sorrow never anticipated. Life is a long series of farewells; only the circumstances should surprise us. Jessamyn West farewellgrievinglong Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly. Jim Elliot visiongrievingson To say goodbye is not to develop amnesia Jim Noel saying-goodbyegrievinggoodbye A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. Joan Didion missinggrievingworld I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn't get better. YOU get better. Joan Rivers get-betterwishgrieving The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe. Joanna Macy heartgrievingpeace We take care of those who are grieving, and when that's finished, they should know: We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. Because hell is where they will reside. Hell is where they will reside. Joe Biden carejusticegrieving There's a general impulse to distract the grieving person - as if you could. Joan Didion impulsepersonsgrieving Everybody who undergoes a death and finds themselves grieving is obsessed with — or maybe overly focused on — the idea that they can’t display self-pity, they have to be strong. Actually there are a lot of reasons why you are going to feel sorry for yourself, but that’s your first concern. Joan Didion strongsorrygrieving Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord Jesus Christ beheld our poverty and hasted to help us. Give me grace ever to alleviate the crosses and difficulties of those around me, and never to add to them; teach me to be a consoler in sorrow, to take thought for the stranger, the widow, and the orphan; let my charity show itself not in words only but in deed and truth. Johann Arndt heartgrievingjesus As my family and I have worked through the grieving process, I've said all along ... that it may very well be that that process, by the time we get through, it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign for president that it might close. Joe Biden campaignspresidentgrieving Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul. John Bunyan hurttemptationgrieving«56789101112131415»
