I measure every grief
I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes – I wonder if it weighs like mine – or has an easier size. Emily Dickinson
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I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes – I wonder if it weighs like mine – or has an easier size. Emily Dickinson
No one can keep his griefs in their prime; they use themselves up. Emile M. Cioran
Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and … Read more
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not \”get over\” the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you … Read more
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not … Read more
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell. Edna St. Vincent Millay
Grief is not a disorder, a disease or sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve. Earl A Grollman
So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love. E. A. Bucchianeri
Gail Godwin has written a book about the heaviest matters of loss, grief, and loneliness with a touch so light that I was as often deeply amused by it as I was deeply moved. Frederick Buechner