“It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”
“When the New York Times scratches its head, get ready for total baldness as you tear out your hair.”
“There is no such thing as was-only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.”
“There is no such thing as was—only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.”
“Every torment they had experienced was returned to them an intoxication. It seemed to them that the griefs , the sleeplessness, the tears, the anguish, the dismay, the despair, became caresses and radiance...and that their sorrows were so many servants preparing their joy. To have suffered, how good it is! Their grief made a halo around their happiness.”
“Grief was for the others; sorrow and pain were for the others; some terrible mistake had been made.”