"Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love."
"Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it."
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Source: Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament, in S. Clarke 'The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History' (1675) pt. 2, bk. 1 'The Life of Queen Elizabeth' p. 94
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