Quotes of: Grief Keyword

Had any poet adequately described the wretched ugliness of a loved one turned inside out with grief?

The Forgotten Garden

My grief has burrowed into me like a dark thing that eats away at my life.

Falling Kingdoms

Never compare your grief. You - and only you walk your path.

Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple

She was overstrained with grief and loneliness: almost any shoulder would have done as well.

Gatsby Girls

There was something about other people's grief that was so exposing, so personal, that she felt she shouldn't be looking.

Getting Rid Of Matthew

Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy

Heart of Darkness

Grief is like a drunken house guest, always coming back for one more goodbye hug.

Bag of Bones

I don't understand," Belle cried. "I gave you gold. You only gave me grief.

The Ballad of Belle Dorcas

But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone.

Meghan O'Rourke

My heart is so light that it's amazing. I get to play all this grief, all this loss, all this disaster and chaos. It's hysterically funny. I am very light.

Linda Hamilton

Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your experiences to shed light, you may feel wrenching pain, grief, anger, or sh...

Martha Beck

The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.

All the Pretty Horses

Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?

Ajax

It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.

Allegiant

Grief denied will surface in borrowed clothes, the mad, sad clothes of paranoia, fear or loneliness

The Human Script

... being with people who don't understand is worse than being alone with her grief.

It's Not You, It's Me

I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy.

Insurgent

Grief is like a roller coaster. Somedays we feel up and other days we feel down.

Journey to the Rainbow

The road of grief is often long and lonely and many stones need to be moved out of the way, but it is not without its lighter moments.

Journey to the Rainbow

I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain.

Red Glove

She'd never been religious. She hadn't allowed grief to send her crawling to the church.

Specimen Days