Dave Eggers Quotes

One of the things that happens to people in grief is they secretly think they're crazy, because they realize they are thinking things that don't make sense.

I am a trembling mess from hip to knee. There is a terrible heat, a looseness in my innards that makes me want to dig my fists between my thighs. It is a confusing feeling - somewhere between diarrhoea and sex - this grief that is almost genital.

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

I was terribly wounded by my wife's death.

One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends.

I just didn't want to admit that he was dead.

After my mother's death, I had such difficulty relating to people.

My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery.

Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.

The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.

I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.

In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.

My life was very tenuous last year. My daughter's death, in March in 2007, was unexpected. It was a shock. I didn't know if I'd survive it.

Losing my mum. That was a punch-me moment.

To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing.

Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.

When it was all over, and I was left alone in my office, I put my face in my hands and wept. I could do nothing less.

From losing my mom, I'll never be okay; I'll never be put together again.

I was so broken when I did the first record. I was living in my parents' basement, I didn't know anyone. I was broken-hearted and writing this really dark record. I was at the bottom of a well.

They say seven stages of grief. I think it's more like 77.

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

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

When 'Ishaqzaade' released, I was going through hell. It didn't matter what I said or did, because I had lost my mother.

Sometimes people do things because they are sad or because they are upset or were hurt by other people.

I've been thinking about my life, my loss of friends, relationships, opportunities, money, my values. There's also the loss of relationship with my son and my daughter, who I've only met once. All that loss - I just got so good at blocking it out.