C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar “I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state, but a process. It needs not a map, but a history, and if I don't stop writing that history at some quite arbitrary point, there's no reason why I should ever stop.” Writing Suffering Grief ♥ 7
C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar “For in grief nothing 'stays put.' One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?” Grief Circles Phases ♥ 7
ES Elif Safak Author “After the Ankara bombings on October 10, people were asked to hold a minute of silence, but many refused. Our society can't even unite in grief to honor the victims. We've lost our empathy. That's maybe the worst.” People Silence Grief ♥ 7
Emily Dickinson Poet “I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes - I wonder if it weighs like mine - or has an easier size.” Eye Grief Grieving ♥ 7
Benjamin Disraeli Politician, Author “If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.” Men Attitude Grief ♥ 7
David Hume Philosopher, Historian “Grief and disappointment give rise to anger, anger to envy, envy to malice, and malice to grief again, till the whole circle be completed.” Grief Disappointment Circles ♥ 7
CB Charles Bukowski Poet, Novelist “I feel no grief for being called something which I am not; in fact, it's enthralling, somehow, like a good back rub” Facts Feels Grief ♥ 7
Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer “Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.” Men Justice Grief ♥ 7
AH Alison Hawthorne Deming Poet “I do think environmental writers need to be forward thinking, not just lamenting our losses. We do need to lament; in some ways it's important to be the vessels for grief for all that's being lost on our planet. But we also need to be forward thinking.” Thinking Loss Grief ♥ 7
Alice Walker Novelist, Poet “I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there's a real lightheartednes s about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they're not the same, ever again.” Real Grief Things Change ♥ 7
William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet “And what art thou, thou idol Ceremony? What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers?” Art Grief Idols ♥ 7
William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet “For grief is crowned with consolation.” Grief Sympathy Condolences ♥ 7
