Giles Foden Quotes

Just being with a group of girls and experiencing sadness together - it's a pretty powerful thing.

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

Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.

You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many hours spent there with them, and many hours of conversation. But if - knock on wood - anything should ever happen to your dog, these nameless non-strangers will rally, sympathize, offer to help, and hold your hand. I know this from experience.

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.

Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

If two people believe in the same story, they might be thousands of miles apart and total strangers, but they still have a sense they can trust each other.

Misery loves company. There's a lot to that.

People could empathize with other people who had gone through the same experience as they had.

The contrasting focus on connection versus hierarchy also sheds light on innumerable adult conversations - and frustrations. Say a woman tells another about a personal problem and hears in response, 'I know how you feel' or 'the same thing happens to me.' The resulting 'troubles talk' reinforces the connection between them.

I learned that you lean into your family, ask for help, and show compassion.

May we remain connected in love. We are one.

It's one thing to talk to a vet about something, but when you're talking to a fellow rookie going through the same struggles you are, you kind of understand it - and you grow together like that.

When I travel the country, I am often struck by how much we actually have in common. It's much more powerful than how much there is that's reported that divides us.

You cry the first tear because something is genuinely, singularly upsetting. And you cry the second tear because everybody is crying that first tear with you, and you know that.

We're so bitterly divided these days, the appearance of a true 'other' might be the best chance of bringing us all together.

I'm focusing on the issues that bring people together and build broad majorities.