“There is an art in taking the whiplash of suffering full in the face, an art you must learn. Let each single attack exhaust itself; pain always makes single attacks, so that its bite may be more intense, more concentrated. And you, while its fangs are implanted and injecting their venom at one spot, do not forget to offer it another place where it can bite you, and so relieve the pain of the first.”
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Grieving Quotes — page 65 of 132
“The persons on whom I have bestowed my dearest love lie deep in their graves; but, although the happiness and delight of my life lie buried there too, I have not made a coffin of my heart, and sealed it up for ever on my best affections. Deep affliction has only made them stronger; it ought, I think, for it should refine our nature.”
“To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.”
“Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from Jacques.”
“By helping others, we make ourselves better, and by helping others heal, we heal ourselves. I think we can do that on an individual level and a worldwide level. I hope people have a chance to give that a little bit of thought.”
“That's what is most satisfying, is having overcome that pain. Pain that is so intense that when you finish, it feels like you're going to die. That's what I wanted, and that's what I got.”
“I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.”
“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”
“Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.”
“The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.”
“... the human body is much stronger than we think. It seems to laugh at the cobwebs of despair that the heart weaves before our eyes in order to blind us to our fate. The body walks and goes on walking.”
“This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair. That is my job.”
“In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments.”
“She was gone and the coldness of it was her final gift.”
“My wretched feet, flayed and swollen to lameness by the sharp air of January, began to heal and subside under the gentler breathings of April; the nights and mornings no longer by their Canadian temperature froze the very blood in our veins; we could now endure the play-hour passed in the garden.”
“When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.”
“It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.”
“God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concern. He also wants us to turn to Him and bring our heartaches and burdens to Him.”
“Empty Spaces:After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures.”
“... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I could hardly get over it for a long time. And when I saw a funeral, I felt to envy the corpse its situation.”