Ariel Levy Quotes

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.

My father died in my arms. That's tumult. That's everything exploding.

Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion.

It was the saddest day of my life.

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

I know what it's like to lose.

A fundamental and unfortunate part of being alive is to suffer loss and to suffer grief.

Nothing had prepared me for the depth of pain George's death precipitated.

Grief is exhausting.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you love, you will grieve, and that's just given.

I was scared when I lost my mother, my father, my brother, my sister.

When the baby dies, On every side Rose stranger's voices, hard and harsh and loud. The baby was not wrapped in any shroud. The mother made no sound. Her head was bowed That men's eyes might not see Her misery.

I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her.

A loss feels like a loss.

Serious loss brings you into one of the world's silent fraternities.

Grief, for me, is a moment-to-moment experience.

I know how it feels to lose.

After Balasaheb died, I have not spoken. What do I say?

Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

Nothing remained but loneliness and grief.

Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life.

Seeing death is not as difficult as you might think. What's harder is to see people suffer. It's the people the dead left behind that get to you.

When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.