"But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone."

-- Meghan O'Rourke

#Grief Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their own image on men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They smooth, and quiet, and comfort the hearer.”
“Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.”
“Today I felt like a part of something awesome, the human race. I know it can be ugly; it really is in so many ways. But today there was nothing ugly to see, just people trying to be better. And maybe that's the key. Not resolutions and forgotten promises, but instead a commitment to do this year a little better than the last. I'm feeling good about this one. I really am.”
“I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2009.
“We were all Romans once, I guess.”
“Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.”
“People strangely revere dance. They see it as another world, and dancers are somehow mysterious - just because they don't speak.”
“To be clear... no one is above the law.”

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