Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. – James Russell Lowell, "Cambridge Thirty Years Ago," Literary Essays

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

Maybe part of loving is learning to let go. – From the television show The Wonder Years

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