Claire Foy Quotes

The death of my own son has made me more sensitive. It's made me more compassionate.

I believe that everyone can appreciate the right of a family to grieve the loss of a loved one in peace, regardless of anyone's position on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone.

I had one relative who passed away but fortunately none others. So my sort of experience of it is quite limited, thankfully.

There's a general impulse to distract the grieving person - as if you could.

I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what it's like to lose a beloved parent.

If you learn the language of loss early, I think you seek out others who have experienced the same thing, who speak that same language of loss.

In general, I think people are worried about saying the wrong thing to any grieving person. On a very basic level, I think they're frightened of touching off tears or sorrow, as though someone tearing up at the mention of unhappy news would be the mentioner's fault.

I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.

My only rule: I never photographed the face of the dead, ever, out of respect for the families.

I do not think direct experience is always necessary to act, but I believe that sometimes you have to have had the real experience to act certain roles. One of those was losing your family member. I was not being able to imagine how sad that could be.

People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.

I know what you go through when you learn someone close to you has died.

Going through an illness and then death of a close friend has changed my attitudes to friendship enormously.

America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us.

And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses.

You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country.

After Operation Protective Edge, I visited every one of the bereaved families. Religious and secular, rich and poor, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, Jews and non-Jews.

I don't cheer when people lose their lives.

It is difficult to ever think about your loved one having suffered.

I'm not desensitized to death.

We are deeply sorry for the loss of anything - from your luggage to, of course, a loved pet.

When anyone dies, it's sad.