Solitude and retirement cherish grief, employment and exertion are the only means of dissipating it.
Lord MelbourneFriendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief
Marcus Tullius CiceroGrief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving.
Elizabeth McCrackenI feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.
Hugh LeonardIt is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
Marcus Tullius CiceroYou don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.
Nigella Lawson