“To mourn is to wonder at the strangeness that grief is not written all over your face in bruised hieroglyphics. And it's also to feel, quite powerfully, that you're not allowed to descend into the deepest fathom of your grief - that to do so would be taboo somehow.” FeelsWould BeFacesGriefWonderWrittenOver YouYour FaceTabooMournStrangenessFathomBruisedHieroglyphics Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail.” BlackBeatsChestsMourn Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“For sure, the funeral industry seems intensely cynical to me and I don't think it is HELPING people mourn.” PeopleThinkingHelpingSeemsIndustryFuneralCynicalHelping PeopleMourn Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“One of the grubby truths about a loss is that you don't just mourn the dead person, you mourn the person you got to be when the lost one was alive. This loss might even be what affects you the most.” PersonsMightLostLossAliveMournLost OnesHis Loss Book:The Long Goodbye: A Memoir Source: The Long Goodbye: A Memoir
