“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
“Whatever you do to recover from a loss, people will be critical because they believe that the only way to recover is their way. And you will even run into some people who should be run into by rhinos because they actually don't want to see you get over your tragedy at all; grief is a spectator sport for them.” PeopleWayWantShouldBelieveRunningSportsLossGriefTragedyCriticalOver YouGet OverSpectatorsWant To See YouInsensitivityRhinos Author:Joan Rivers
“You take a handful of rocks and put them in a jar. Then once a week, you take one tiny pebble out of the jar and throw it away. When the jar is empty, why, you'll just about be over your grief. ... Time alone will do if you're short on rocks.” IfsGriefWeekRocksEmptyTinyOver YouHandfulMe AloneJarsPebblesAlone Time Book:Lovely in Her Bones Source: Lovely in Her Bones
“Time passes and I am still not through it. Grief isn't something you get over. You live with it. You go on on with it lodged in you. Sometimes I feel like I have swallowed a pile of stones. Grief makes me heavy. It makes me slow. Even on days when I laugh a lot, or dance, or finish a project, or meet a deadline, or celebrate, or make love, it is there. Lodged deep inside of me.” FeelsStillsSometimesGriefLaughingGoes OnProjectsStonesHeavyCelebrateOver YouMaking LoveGet OverDeadlineDeep InsideTime Passes Book:Comfort: A Journey Through Grief Source: Comfort: A Journey Through Grief
“And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.” HeartGriefAcceptingWatchesFieldsQuietSeasonsWinterAcceptedOver YouApologySerenitySeasons Of LifeGetting Over You Author:Khalil Gibran
“I've just discovered the secret of golf. You can't play a really hot game unless you're so miserable that you don't worry over your shots. Take the case of a chip shot, for instance. If you're really wretched, you don't care where the ball is going and so you don't raise your head to see. Grief automatically prevents pressing and over-swinging. Look at the top-notchers. Have you ever seen a happy pro?” IfsLooksPlayCareGamesGriefSecretCasesWorryShotsBallsHotRaisesGolfDon't CareInstanceMiserableOver YouChipsWretched Author:P. G. Wodehouse
“Some day when I lose you, will you still be able to sleep, without me to whisper over you like a crown of linden branches?” StillsAbleSufferingLosesSleepGriefSorrowBranchesOver YouCrowns Book:New Poems: A Revised Bilingual Edition Source: New Poems: A Revised Bilingual Edition