#grief

All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#beauty #cherishing #grace #grief #hurt

Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes. ↗

— James Wolcott

#counselor #did #driving #elected #famous

By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief. ↗

— John Woolman

#been #breaking #countries #enraged #flourishing

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart. ↗

— Hesiod

#birth #children #give #grief #happens

For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#american #aspect #believe #country #events

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. ↗

— Horace

#first #first of all #grief #me #must

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#fear #felt #grief #like #me

During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child. ↗

— Namie Amuro

#could #did #during #grief #i

There are many stages of grief. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#many #stages

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of curse it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#experience #grief #mourning #others #personal-experience