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“Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression. Man shares the capacity for love and hate, anger and fear, loyalty and grief, with other living creatures. But humour, which has an intellectual as well as an emotional element belongs to man”

Source: Margaret Mead, some personal views

“The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity.”

Feels Should Persons Belief Grief Events Emotional Capacity Disturbing

Author:Jennifer Armintrout

“Faith shall save your Soul from Death. Without Faith, Death is a drowning, the end of ends, and what sane man wouldn't fear that? But with Faith, Death is nothing worse than the end of the voyage we call life, and the beginning of an eternal voyage in a company of our Loved Ones, with griefs and woes smoothed out, and under the capacity of our Creator.”

Men Love Soul Ends Age Grief Company Eternal Capacity Creator Your Soul Loved Ones Sane Woe Drowning Voyages

Author:David Mitchell

“I think that when you're depressed, you can't concentrate long enough and well enough to read for the most part; some people can, but by and large people - that's one of the first things that goes, is the capacity to read meaningful literature. With grief, that's not true. For a while you can't read, but then you really are amenable to solace.”

People Thinking Firsts Wells Long Enough Literature Grief Capacity Meaningful Solace Amenable

Author:Kay Redfield Jamison

“The human capacity for grief. It just isn't capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen in number. And it doesn't just level off - it just gives up, resets itself to zero.”

Giving Humans Levels Numbers Grief Emotional Giving Up Capable Capacity Response Zero Dozen Providing Adequate Exceed Reset Just Give Up Human Capacity Emotional Response

Book:Revelation Space

Source: Revelation Space

“There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed-”

Humans Results Grief Capacity Exceed Human Capacity Emote

Author:Abraham Verghese

“Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a loved one and to continue to treasure the memory of that loss is one of our noblest human traits.”

Humans Memories Loss Grief Capacity Profound Treasure Grieving Mourning Loved Ones Traits Human Experience Griefing Loss Of A Loved One Grief And Mourning Mourning Loss Mourning A Loss Deep Grief

Book:Voices of Death

Source: Voices of Death

“At different stages in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at heart the source is always the same. Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds”

“These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the victim is caught up in a powerful emotion -- wonder, fear, greed, grief. Credulous acceptance of baloney can cost you money; that's what P. T. Barnum meant when he said, 'There's a sucker born every minute.' But it can be much more dangerous than that, and when governments and societies lose the capacity for critical thinking, the results can be catastrophic -- however sympathetic we may be to those who have bought the baloney.”

Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“What is your personal carrying capacity for grief, rage, despair? We are living in a period of mass extinction. The numbers stand at 200 species a day. That's 73,000 a year. This culture is oblivious to their passing, feels entitled to their every last niche, and there is no roll call on the nightly news.”

Source: Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet

“Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief.”

Women Grief Hair Husband Capacity Gold Thirds Died Extraordinary Affection

Author:Oscar Wilde