Employment is the surest antidote1 to sorrow.
Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
It is light grief that can take counsel.
Anonymous2
Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger he will plunge3 through.
David Nicholls, One Day, 2010
Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible.
Eli Attie, House M.D., Dying Changes Everything, 2008
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
The only cure for grief is action.
George Henry Lewes
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought4 and endured.
Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey5
Grief does not change you, it reveals you.
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
It seems the misfortune of one can plow6 a deeper furrow7 in the heart than the misfortune of millions.
Kirby Larson, Hattie Big Sky, 2006
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains8 of it.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Antigone
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Oedipus Rex
I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Raisins9, 2003
What's gone and what's past help
Should be past grief.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Winter's Tale", Act 3 scene 2
