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“So who is better off, those who share love long enough to see which parts inevitably fade or those who lose their love when it is still pristine? I think each is lonely in a different place, though if you lose your love while it is still perfect you at least have a clear explanation for your grief, while if it gradually crumbles in your hands you do not.”

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Book:Losing Julia

Source: Losing Julia

“When in these fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness. In this hour divinely fresh and still, the fair face of every flower salutes me with a silent joy. . . . All the cares, perplexities, and griefs of existence, all the burdens of life slip from my shoulders and leave me with the heart of a little child that asks nothing beyond the present moment of innocent bliss.”

“Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly tabernacle. He experienced joy and sorrow, happiness and grief, lasting satisfaction and frequent disappointments. As Paul has written, "Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him."”

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Book:For They Shall Be Comforted

Source: For They Shall Be Comforted

“From perfect grief there need not beWisdom or even memory;One thing then learned remains to me -The woodspurge has a cup of three.”

Needs Three Memories Perfect Grief One Thing Remains Cups

Author:Dante Gabriel Rossetti

“The Language of Sand has something for everyone: myths, mystery, community, humor, grief, and ultimately healing. I found myself not only rooting for Abigail but for the whole community of Chapel Isle. Block manages to hold sass and heartfelt emotion in perfect equilibrium.”

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Author:Brunonia Barry

“Perfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it can only be preserved among estimable persons, it forces us to resemble them. You find in friendship the surety of good counsel, the emulation of good example, sympathy in our griefs, succor in our distress.”

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Author:Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

“It's very important to face the grief, face the anger, and then get into a place where you are ready to fight because if you go back to the history of the United States of America, our Founders said we're giving you a Republic if you can keep it, and they also said we have a Constitution and we're going to form a more perfect union.”

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Author:Barbara Boxer

“I treat anger, grief and strife as a sin, so I let all that go and I am no longer living a sinful life. Today, I command my days by confessing that every minute will be blessed and perfect. My confession then has no other choice but to confer blessings upon my life.”

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Author:Kam Williams

“Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.”

“It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.”

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Author:Veronica Roth

“Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.”

Ifs Wells Desire Fall Found Felt Peace Perfect Grief All Things Thyself Adversaries True Peace

Book:The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ

Source: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ

“It's better to keep grief inside. Grief inside works like bees or ants, building curious and perfect structures, complicating you. Grief outside means you want something from someone, and chances are good you won't get it.”

Want Mean Chance Perfect Grief Building Structure Curious Bees Want Something Bereavement Ants Chances Are

Author:Hilary Thayer Hamann

“The word suffering is full and whole and perfect as a pierced heart, sweet, rushing and tender ... Suffering is the joy of someone about to be martyred, illumination of something given up as an offer.”

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Book:Oh Pure and Radiant Heart

Source: Oh Pure and Radiant Heart