“There is not one moment when that feeling of inadequate sorrow goes away. It just lessens and lessens, until it is mostly a memory of itself.”
“Shared sorrow is lessened, shared joy is increased”
“Loneliness is lessened when you're lonely by choice.”
“There is a fallacy that the powerful emotion of youth mellows with time. Not true. One learns to control and suppress it. But it doesn't lessen. It simply hides and concentrates itself in more discreet places. When one accidentally stumbles into one of these abysses, the pain is spectacular.”
“You looked a little bit smarter when your stupidity lessened a lot.”
“Grief shared was grief lessened.”