“There's a secret to get through loss, pain and grief. If we're alone we can't see who we are. When we join the club, other people become the mirror. Through them, we see ourselves and gain an understanding of what we're going through. Then slowly, real slowly, we learn to accept who we see in the mirror. Then you become the mirror for them; by being honest about who you are, you'll help them learn to love and accept themselves.” PeopleIfsRealHelpingPainUnderstandingLossGriefSecretAcceptingHonestGainsMirrorsWho You AreClubsBeing HonestWho We Are Author:Melody Beattie
“Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.” MenCarePainLyingLostWealthGriefPovertyHonestRichesGood ManInconvenience Author:Roger L'Estrange
“I feel that writers think with their noses to the ground, and the dark stuff kind of comes to me more, even though I really am sort of an upbeat guy. It's an honest descent into darkness. And you can't have the joy without the grief - it's why we listen to Mozart's 'Requiem.'” ThinkingFeelsKindJoyGuyStuffDarkGriefDarknessHonestNosesDescentUpbeatRequiem Author:Andre Dubus
“We're being asked to continually be "authentic" and "honest" with the world through social media. There's a demand to post our wedding pictures, baby pictures (only minutes after the birth), our relationship status, and our grief and joys on Facebook and Instagram. Similarly, we construct persona through dating apps and networking sites. All of these social media networks exert pressure on us to share the personal details of our lives with unknown masses. So the pressure on the characters in "Openness" isn't merely romantic, but public/social as well.” WorldWellsCharacterJoySocialGriefOur LivesShareMinutesHonestMediaBabyBirthDemandMassDatingPressureDetailsSocial MediaPostsOpennessOur RelationshipSiteConstructsNetworkingInstagramPersonaAppsOur WeddingNetworking SitesBaby PicturesWedding Pictures Author:Alexander Weinstein
“I came to the realization that I had failed in some respects because I had been more of a benevolent narrator than the world I saw reflected around me, and in the lives of the people in my community, and in my family. There was no benevolent God sparing us pain and loss and grief and struggle. If I was going to continue to write about the place where I am from, and the kind of people who live in my community and who are in my family, I owed it to them to be honest with what our lives are like.” PeopleWorldWritingKindPainCommunityLossGriefStruggleHonestMy FamilyRealizationBeing HonestBenevolent Author:Jesmyn Ward
“Let us be honest with each other. The threat to marriage is not the gays. It is a lack of loving commitment - whether it is found in the form of neglect, indifference, cruelty or adultery, to name just a few manifestations of the loveless desert in which too many marriages come to grief.” FormFoundNamesGriefHonestGayCommitmentThreatCrueltyDesertBeing HonestIndifferenceManifestationNeglectAdulteryLovelessLoveless Marriage Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“He found it so easy and so pleasant to cry that he didn’t try to stop for a while, until he realized he was forcing his sobs a little, exaggerating their depth with unnecessary shudders. … The whole point of crying is to quit before you coined it up. The whole point of grief itself was to cut it out while it was still honest, while it still meant something. Because the thing was so easily corrupted” TryingLittlesStillsWholeFoundEasyGriefCuttingHonestCryDepthQuittingPleasantUnnecessaryExaggerating Author:Richard Yates
“Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief.” GriefHonestHonestyEarsPierce Book:The Plays of William Shakspeare ... Source: The Plays of William Shakspeare ...
“If ever I said in grief or pride, I'd tired of honest things, I lied.” IfsSaidTruthGriefHonestHonestyPrideTiredLied Author:Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Honest listening is one of the best medicines we can offer the dying and the bereaved.” GriefHonestDyingListeningOffersMedicineFuneralInspirational Grief Author:Jeanie (Jenny) Cameron
“Rarely is the pain of losing someone expressed with such directness, energy, and, yes, humor. The grief in Evan Kuhlman'sWolf Boyis palpable, and so is the flawed, honest humanity of his characters. Here is real loss and somehow, real catharsis.” RealCharacterPainHumanityEnergyLossGriefHonestLosingFlawedCatharsisLosing Someone Author:Peter Orner