Alexandre Dumas Quotes

No one really understands the grief or joy of another. We always imagine that we are approaching some other, but our lines of travel are actually parallel.

Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.

But then, the flames of a fire are not made less painful by the knowledge that others are burning with you.

No one really understands the grief or joy of another.

It is sweet to mingle tears with tears; Griefs, where they wound in solitude, Wound more deeply.

Because Jesus Christ suffered greatly, He understands our suffering. He understands our grief. We experience hard things so that we too may have increased compassion and understanding for others.

One day I was sitting in my own pain, and suddenly all the pain and troubles of the world came to me. I received all the pain of the world, all through my body.

I know some people that have gone through serious struggles. People that were close to me, and I've seen some terrible things about people who lose it. So I think that type of pain is something that's human and that, actually, can help us look at ourselves a little bit.

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.

I believe in the importance of individuality, but in the midst of grief I also find myself wanting connection - wanting to be reminded that the sadness I feel is not just mine but ours.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

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

I know that what you have faced. I know that you have faced disappointment and loss in your lives. I have, too. I wanted more than anything to be a concert cellist.

If you're a father of a child who dies, it's an experience that never leaves you. It scars you forever and ever and ever. And so when I do any kind of story with somebody who's in the same position as my daughter was, there's no question that something comes out of me and embraces that story in a way that only a father who lost a child could.

It's easy when you have suffered to feel the link with what others have gone through.

At the end of the day we feel the same; we all hurt.

We are all connected. The pain and suffering of others is yours also, on some level, whether you choose to pay attention or not. The reason we can't achieve total bliss is because you're not here solo.

I feel like people can relate to me because we all go through wins and roadblocks and passion and pain, and it's a vibe.

I know how it feels to lose.

Everybody has their pain.

We have a song, 'Welcome to the Family' - we realized for the first time in our lives that people go through this every day around the world. There is someone very close to them that they're losing, every day. That song is, 'We know how you're feeling.'

Poetry is not about personal pain or tragedy. It should resonate the society's grief.

That's a real void in my life. I see a lot of people who struggled and went to jail and the dogs were after them. I'd look them in the eyes and say, 'God almighty, I wish I'd have been there.'

You never really feel somebody's suffering. You only feel their death.

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow filled? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, an infant fear? No, no! never can it be! Never, never can it be!