Somehow, grief had seemed easier to bear when the skies were dark and a cold wind kept cats and prey inside their nests.

True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you.

True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you.

Funerals seem less about comforting the souls of these dearly departed than aboutcomforting the people they leave behind.

[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)

[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)

Weeping is terrible for the complexion,' said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, 'but it is very good for the heart.

He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder.

Death seemed to lose its terrors and to borrow a grace and dignity in sublime keeping with the life that was ebbing away.

Death seemed to lose its terrors and to borrow a grace and dignity in sublime keeping with the life that was ebbing away.

If you've been hurt and you've grieved and you've been through the mill, it takes a long time to get over it.

He wept bitter tears over the death of his enemy. It was his enemy, after all, who knew him best and kept him up at night.

The burnt-off connectors and shadows where Ravan once filled my spaces— those, I think, are the sensations of grief.

Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.

Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.