grief Quotes

“Is there no pity sitting in the clouds that sees into the bottom of my grief?”

― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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“She could no longer borrow from the future to help her through the present grief.”

― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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“Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence—but more generally takes the form of apathy...”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

topic:violence grief

“Grief fills the room up of my absent child, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, remembers me of all his gracious parts, stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; then have I reason to be...”

― William Shakespeare, King John

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“His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

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“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”

― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

topic:death pain grief

“Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.”

― Voltaire, Candide

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“Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!”

― Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

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“He saw her now only as a spy. Their love and his grief were relegated to the boxroom of his mind. Later, perhaps they would be dragged out, dispassionately examined, and then bitterly thrust back with other sentimental baggage he would rather forget.”

― Ian Fleming, Casino Royale

topic:love grief

“This feather stirs; she lives! If it be so, it is a chance which does redeem all sorrows that ever I have felt.”

― William Shakespeare, King Lear

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