“The grief of children was unconditional, fueled by the implicit belief that it would last forever; for a child, grief was not grief unless it was eternal.”

“Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.”

“Nothing made you feel so useless as another person's grief.”

“A grief without a pang, void, dark and drear,A drowsy, stifled, unimpassioned grief,Which finds no natural outlet or relief,In word, or sigh, or tear.”

“Books are not luxuries. They are the meat and drink for the mind.”

“Time doesn't heal, it just gives you other things to think about.”

“We distract ourselves with details. It's a way of coping.”