#grief

One by one, drops fell from her eyes like they were on an assembly line - gather, fall, slide...gather, fall, slide...each one commemorating something she had lost. Hope. Faith. Confidence. Pride. Security. Trust. Independence. Joy. Beauty. Freedom. Innocence. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#grief #hurt-feelings #loss #lost-innocence #sadness

One often calms one's grief by recounting it. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#calms #grief #often #recounting

Tears are the silent language of grief. ↗

— Voltaire

#grief #language #silent #tears

Grief is a process, not a state. ↗

— Anne Grant

#process #state

As a child I had dealt with a lot of loss and grief. I was constantly losing my parents, losing my home, constantly moving around, living with this stranger, that stepfather, or whatever. ↗

— Erin Gray

#child #constantly #dealt #grief #had

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

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

— C. S. Lewis

#fear #felt #grief #like #me

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#inspirational #inspirational

If we deny the grief its right in our lives, then we must question the love for which the grief is supposedly rooted. God's grief is founded in His love for Himself and His love for us. Looking at God as our model is healthy. Facing the pain means honoring those with whom our love is rooted. ↗

— W. Scott Lineberry

#grief #pain #love

That Woman is in love with her own grief. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#love