Quotes on Sorrow from my Sister Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? William Blake--poet Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it? Henry David Thoreau --philosopher For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. John Cheever --writer Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. Marcus Tullius Cicero ,ILLINOIS Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. Mark Twain =WRITER Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way. Anne Morrow Lindbergh --AUTHOR Grief is a process, not a state. Anne Grant--POET Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a strange thing to say because I'm at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse. It's just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone. Michelle Williams --ACTRESS Grief is the price we pay for love. Queen Elizabeth II --Diana's mother in law He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy. Chanakya -- Philosopher I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten. Margaret Anderson -- Editor If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. Moliere -- playwright If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. Horace -- poet It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. Marcus Tullius Cicero -- Statesman Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how. James Russell Lowell -- poet Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes. Euripedes -- Dramatist No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by. Franz Schubert -- Composer One often calms one's grief by recounting it. Pierre Corneille -- playwright Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. Robert Frost -- poet Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past. Walker Percy -- author Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions. Stefan Kanfer -- Journalist Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. Ovid -- Poet Tearless grief bleeds inwardly. Christian Nestell Bovee Tears are the silent language of grief. Voltaire The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares. Henri Nouwen The only cure for grief is action. George Henry Lewes
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. Aeschylus Time takes away the grief of men. Desiderius Erasmus When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. Horace Mann Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates. Samuel Johnson You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be. Nigella Lawson | 
