“The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.”
More from Anne Morrow Lindbergh on Grief
Others on Grief
Dante
7 quotes“There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.”
Jojo Moyes
3 quotes“It is the death of hope that comes as the greatest relief”
Molière
2 quotes“If you suppress grief too much it can well redouble.”
C.S. Lewis
2 quotes“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
Seneca
2 quotes“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”
Emily Dickinson
1 quote“A great hope fellYou heard no noiseThe ruin was within.”
Maya Angelou
1 quote“I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.”
W.B. Yeats
1 quote“Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world's more full of weeping than...”
Gregory Maguire
1 quote“Oh, everything is gorgeous once it's gone.”
Washington Irving
1 quote“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grie...”
Jodi Picoult
1 quote“If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?”
Nicholas Sparks
1 quote“Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.”