[Acknowledging that the death of a former president of Reagan's stature would be] a big unwieldy one -- a world event, ... grab onto the massive grief around us and go home at night to the shape of the grief inside us.
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Related I’d give in to the grief but make sure I wasn’t loud enough to draw attention from those who thi... ADAM SILVERA It hurts when they're gone. And it doesn't matter if it's slow or fast, whether it's a long drawn-ou... WALTER MOSLEY We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar. Here's what really happens: The spaces betw... KRISTIN O'DONNELL TUBB You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES The sun still, surprisingly, came up and shone down onto the cold, metal leftovers. No loud noises. ... PLEASEFINDTHIS Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Just as it is impossible to explain childbirth to a woman who has never given birth, it is impossibl... LYNDA CHELDELIN FELL She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I live nearby a graveyard, that's where I get all my inspiration for wisdom and life BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Dreams, just dreams, it's all illusion BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things pe... CAROLE GEITHNER The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Loss is only temporary when you believe in God! LATOYA ALSTON Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold lik... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Work in me more profound and abiding repentance; Give me the fullness of godly grief, that tre... ARTHUR BENNETT It's a harrowing experience to see death approaching in haste towards you, what is hell but confront... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Marlena's body was found on November 19, and so I consider that the anniversary of her death, though... JULIE BUNTIN I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The child's heart beat: but she was growing in the wrong place inside her extraordinary mother, sout... BRIAN DOYLE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I think the purest of souls, those with the most fragile of hearts, must be meant for a short life. ... EMM COLE Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. The mightiest power of death is not that it can make people die, but that it can make the people you... FREDRIK BACKMAN Closed eyes, heart not beating, but a living love. AVIS COREA I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and creat... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA oh. she heard it too-no waters coursing, canyon empty, sun soundless- ... BARBARA BLATNER I could simply kill you now, get it over with, who would know the difference... BARBARA BLATNER ...gripping the rim of the sink you claw your way to stand and cling there, ... BARBARA BLATNER The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. Death is tough for the people left behind on earth. PRATEEKSHA MALIK A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first le... LLOYD ALEXANDER Not only had my brother disappeared, but--and bear with me here--a part of my very being had gone wi... JOHN COREY WHALEY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on ... ALICE SEBOLD I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET Of course you are American,' he said, and waived his hand, like waving away the sentiment. 'What oth... TONY D'SOUZA Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES People in the real world always say, when something terrible happens, that the sadness and loss and ... FREDRIK BACKMAN When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. No... MILAN KUNDERA Grief, no matter how you try to cater to its wail, has a way of fading away. V.C. ANDREWS I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG He Is Not Dead I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him. MADELINE MILLER But surely Uncle Akbar could not be dead as they were dead? There must be something indestructible �... M.M. KAYE We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL A man drank and became drunk, next he said, now i am delivered from my enemies and then walked into ... SOTONYE ANGA The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. 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Indian Philosophy: Survive and grow
Chinese Philosophy: Lets fake it
West... APURVA GAGLANI Controlling, Sickening, Demoralizing, Disgraceful, Limiting, and Falsely "Ambitionizingly" Repetitiv... NICKOLE SANDERS Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The inscription on his gravestone had felt so wholly insufficient the moment she saw it. Just a name... STUART NADLER Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Farming is the oldest profession on earth SOTONYE ANGA He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI He had what he called just a small ration of tools: A painted book. A handful of pencils.<... MARKUS ZUSAK There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a ... ALBERT CAMUS I frowned at the eye in my palm. "What, literally shout at the tattoo?" "You could try rubbing ... SARAH J. MAAS Time doesn’t heal all wounds. We both know that’s bullshit; it comes from people who have nothin... ADAM SILVERA Current public diplomacy and foreign policy making reduces the role of American citizens to mere spe... NANCY SNOW
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I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we gro... PATTI STANGER The rich are different. Their wants are very high maintenance. They'll pick eye color and hair c... PATTI STANGER Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's n... PATTI SMITH What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who h... PATTI SMITH Let me say I was trained at Juilliard. I have a very high standard. I expect everybody around me to ... PATTI LUPONE Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and... PATTI SMITH I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't m... PATTI SMITH Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opport... PATTI ROBERTS What has happened is, not only has CEIFA not really worked as far as the formula goes, but it hasn't... PATTI PAWLING Glitter In Their Eyes, PATTI SMITH I absolutely remember where I was when I first heard it. It got me through adolescence. PATTI SMITH Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand. PATTI SMITH It would go back and forth between the two of us and then it would go over here and bang its head on... PATTI SMITH Ask Me Anything. PATTI SMITH He's so humble, and he is always willing to do whatever you ask him to do. PATTI SMITH I don't expect a big crowd. But hopefully if this first meeting is interesting the word will spread. PATTI SMITH I have another son that's in Iraq right now. So, it's not all the way over for us. But, if we can ta... PATTI SMITH We used to have to use the senior citizens hall for Christmas concerts. PATTI BYERS I have spoken to a friend of mine. Actually, she was my background singer and she lives in New Orlea... PATTI LABELLE I think these folks have been very real. When you have a birth of a baby, when you have to travel wi... PATTI MILLIGAN The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all the... PATTI SMITH My mom loved rock n' roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around. He li... PATTI SMITH Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. PATTI SMITH Everybody goes through the same thing; it doesn't matter what color you are. And Joss Stone just hap... PATTI LABELLE The only check is the goodwill of the agencies. PATTI GOLDMAN Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand? PATTI SMITH I grew up in an era where you had to find your own way as a woman. When I was a kid, there was this ... PATTI SCIALFA For writing, I get up early in the morning - 5 o'clock, 4:30. I'm a morning person... So I t... PATTI SCIALFA I don't believe any artist who says, 'I had to do that because DJs will tell me I can't ... PATTI SMITH