Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. Pliny the Elder apprehensionfeargrief Change image and share on social
Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes. Meghan O'Rourke badbringchange share on social
Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain. Anne Grant feltgriefincrease Change image and share on social
Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in. Simon Van Booy christmasclichedoor Change image and share on social
Grief is a terrible, painful place. You can't grind away on grief in a solid way and say, 'I'm going to work on this until it's over' because it will be with you for the rest of your life, whatever you do. So, you deal with it and move on. Pam Ferris dealgriefgrind share on social
Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion. Nicolas Roeg emotionemotionalgrief Change image and share on social
Grief is at once a public and a private experience. One's inner, inexpressible disruption cannot be fully realized in one's public persona. Meghan O'Rourke disruptionexperiencefully Change image and share on social
Grief is characterized much more by waves of feeling that lessen and reoccur, it's less like stages and more like different states of feeling. Meghan O'Rourke characterizefeltgrief Change image and share on social
