“And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses.” PeopleMotherLossStruggleEmpathetic Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“I have seen that grief can be very different for different people. While the range of emotions experienced is similar, the way we deal with those emotions isn't, necessarily.” PeopleWayDifferentDealsGriefEmotionRangeDifferent PeoplesRange Of Emotions 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
“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.” PeopleWellsEndsFeelingsGriefSurroundDiscomfortUnsure Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created.” PeopleMemoriesPathwaysSynapses Book:The Long Goodbye: A Memoir Source: The Long Goodbye: A Memoir
“Much of Hamlet is about the precise kind of slippage the mourner experiences: the difference between being and seeming, the uncertainty about how the inner translates into the outer, the sense that one is expected to perform grief palatably. (If you don’t seem sad, people worry; but if you are grief-stricken, people flinch away from your pain.)” PeopleIfsKindSeemsPainDifferencesGriefWorryExpectedUncertaintyTranslatePreciseSeeming Book:The Long Goodbye: A Memoir Source: The Long Goodbye: A Memoir
