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“Who alone suffers suffers most i' th' mind, Leaving free things and happy shows behind; But then the mind much sufferance doth o'erskip When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship.”

Mind Shows Suffering Grief Behinds Leaving Mates Fellowship Free Things

Book:The plays of William Shakespeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens: with a series of engravings, from original designs of Henry Fuseli, and a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators; a history of the stage, a life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chalmers

Source: The plays of William Shakespeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens: with a series of engravings, from original designs of Henry Fuseli, and a selection of explanatory and historical notes, from the most eminent commentators; a history of the stage, a life of Shakespeare, &c. by Alexander Chalmers

“What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that remains are those so-called happy days that flow past unnoticed in the obscurity of domestic cares, leaving man with the desire neither to lose his life nor to begin it over.”

“We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.”

Home School Left Grief Cases Wife Leaving My Wife Womb

Author:William Shatner

“Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were talking about. He'd cradled his grief, almost to the point of loving it. For so long he refused to give it up, because leaving it behind was like leaving her.”

Giving Long Said Stills Ideas Running Grief Behinds Talking Leaving Including No Idea Running Away Leaving It Behind

Author:Sue Monk Kidd

“I hated leaving a hole in the smoking world, and so I recruited someone to take my place. People have given me a lot of grief, but I'm pretty sure that after high school, this girl would have started anyway, especially if she chose the army over community college.”

People Ifs World School Girl Given Community Grief College High School Army Leaving Holes Hated Smoking This Girl Community College After High School Life After High School

Author:David Sedaris

“I am sorry," I whispered. "I am sorry for all of the ways that I failed you. I am sorry that I was not there to save you, or to die alongside you. I am sorry that I have kept you with me for so long, trapped in my heart, bound in sorrow and remorse. I forgive you too. I forgive you for leaving me, and I forgive you for returning. I forgive you your anger, and your grief. Let this be an end to it.”

Way Heart Long Ends Dies Grief My Heart Sorrow Forgiving Sorry Bounds Leaving Trapped Remorse Leaving Me I Am Sorry Am Sorry I Forgive You

Book:The John Connolly Collection #2: The White Road, The Black Angel, and The Unquiet

Source: The John Connolly Collection #2: The White Road, The Black Angel, and The Unquiet

“Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.”

Earth Faces Grief Sun Kissing Spring Leaving Winter Leap Decay January Garlands Shrouds Wintertime Winter Days Winter To Spring Winter Time

Book:The Saint's Tragedy: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition

Source: The Saint's Tragedy: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition