Seneca the Younger Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

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 would suggest the widow do things the husband used to do, so he seems to be there with you. You will feel like just going to bed. It's so wonderful, going to bed.

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.

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain.

At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service.

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.

I know when my parents passed away, I wanted all the support I could get.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

These displays of affection mean a lot to our family and are a reminder of the heart that my people have. In this time of grief we ask for a little privacy and space to digest this news; our sister was our sun and we are broken by her departure.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

One of the wonderful things about this glorious holiday trip I'm on is that I'm in public with people. It hasn't been inclined... I don't know - something to do with the death of my wife. It's inclined to make me isolated.

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

I think writers process their own experiences through the characters and situations they write. So for Batman, I used my own experience of losing a loved one. Grief is a strange place; it's like an altered state. You might sleep too much, so you can see the dead in your dreams.

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself.

The dew of compassion is a tear.

Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own.

Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.