Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. – Thomas Moore, c.1813 song “Come, Ye Disconsolate”

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. – Max Lerner, The Unfinished Country, 1950

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering. – Colette

To weep is to make less the depth of grief. – William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth