One fire burns out another's burning,One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.

One fire burns out another's burning,One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.

Death wins nothing here,gnawing wings that amputate––then spread, lift up, fly.

Here’s what I know: death abducts the dying, but grief steals from those left behind.

Here’s what I know: death abducts the dying, but grief steals from those left behind.

Man is more himself, more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing and grief superficial.

My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.

My grief was cold. It was nothing to share. It was nothing to speak about, nothing to feel.

Some losses never heal you just learn to carry the burden and shed a tear every now and then

It occurs to me that we allow ourselves to imagine only such messages as we need to survive.

I had problems a therapist couldn't solve; grief that no man in a room could ameliorate.

I had problems a therapist couldn't solve; grief that no man in a room could ameliorate.

The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.

The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.

Isn’t it tragic that sometimes it takes grief to understand what we have held so dear?