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"If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble."
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"Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss."
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"People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura oflife which bears no relation to true immortality but through which theycontinue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. Itis as though they were traveling abroad."
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"All winter the acorns and red Maple leaf moldered in silence - in the same way grief is gnawing at me - slowly, imperceptibly... consuming..."
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"For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear."
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"The relatives of a suicide always take it in bad part that he did not remain alive out of consideration for the family dignity."
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"I called Isaac, who cursed life and the universe and God Himself and who said where are the goddamned trophies to break when you need them, and then I realized there was no one else to call, which was the saddest thing. The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Waters's death was Augustus Waters."
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"The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns."
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"I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can't due to deadness."
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"There's some ill planet reigns:I must be patient till the heavens lookWith an aspect more favourable. Good my lords,I am not prone to weeping, as our sexCommonly are; the want of which vain dewPerchance shall dry your pities: but I haveThat honourable grief lodged here which burnsWorse than tears drown: beseech you all, my lords,With thoughts so qualified as your charitiesShall best instruct you, measure me; and soThe king's will be perform'd!"
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"I was an infant when my parents died.Thye both were ornithologists. I've triedSo often to evoke them that todayI have a thousand parents. Sadly theyDissolve in their own virtues and recede,But certain words, chance words I hear or read,Such as "bad heart" always to him refer,And "cancer of the pancreas" to her."
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"As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt."
Men
"I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me."
Truth
"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
Money
"Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same."
May
"Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood."
Talk
"A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation."
Behavior
"I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue."
Virtue
"It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."
Compromise
"Love is often the fruit of marriage."
Love
"The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself."
Love
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