"There is a kind of euphoria of grief, a degree of madness."

Grief, Madness

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"There is a kind of euphoria of grief, a degree of madness."

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Charles Dickens, English Novelist

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"Today is the anniversary of my husband's death," Maria announced. It was a dramatic statement, but the occasion seemed to demand it. "And I am going to leave."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"How could you give me life, and take from me all the inappreciable things that raise it from the state of conscious death? Where are the graces of my soul? Where are the sentiments of my heart? What have you done, oh, Father, What have you done with the garden that should have bloomed once, in this great wilderness here? Said louisa as she touched her heart."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

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"It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn't need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on-moving forward."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"Some grief shows much of love,But much of grief shows still some want of wit."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"If the vibrant and frolicking merry-go-round of our daily living has been ousted by an eerie void of an intractable vacuum, only inspiriting memories may shore up our inner world. ['Only silence remained ']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

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"Ever since the Christmas of '53, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or who must admit to any imperfection; the so-called spirit of giving can be as greedy as receiving--Christmas is our time to be aware of what we lack, of who's not home."

John Irving, American Novelist

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"She did not want to talk of her sorrow, but with that sorrow in her heart she could not talk of outside matters."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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