Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down. – Bede Jarrett Category: Grief
Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Grief
She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts. – George Eliot Category: Grief
It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about? – Henry David Thoreau, letter to H.G.O. Blake, 16 November 1857 Category: Wise Words
