#sorrow

That's the thing about pain," Augustus said, and then glanced back at me. "It demands to be felt ↗

— John Green

#pain

Death. What a brief word for the extinguishing of life. To be no more. To have days cut off and at their end. To never again..........anything. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#end #finality #grief #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#sorrow #tears #water #death

There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#corner #far #far away #make #quiet

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#bad #bad weather #defy #face #joy

They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them. Joe would have done anything to ease her suffering, but he knew nothing he might do, or say, could. Her grief would run its course, like a fever, and release her when it was spent. He would not shush her or tell her it was God's will and that her da was better off. That was rubbish and they both knew it. When something hurt as bad as this, you had to let it hurt. There were no shortcuts. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#death-and-dying #death-of-a-loved-one #sorrow #unhappiness #death

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#full #joys #often #only #our

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#been #being #easy #face #joyous

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#does #empties #empty #sorrow #strength

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#dare #deal #good #good deal #hence