“...grief is loved turned into an eternal missing. ...It can't be contained in hours or days or minutes.”

“Grief is love turned into an eternal missing”

“I know that grief is love turned into an eternal missing.”

“When I saw your strand of hair I knew that grief is love turned into an eternal missing.”

“But grief is the ultimate unrequited love. However hard and long we love someone who has died, they can never love us back. At least that is how it feels...”

“When I talk about unrequited love, most of you probably think about romantic love, but there are many other kinds of love that are not adequately returned, if they are returned at all. An angry adolescent may not love her mother back as her mother loves her; an abusive father doesn't return the innocent open love of his young child. But grief is the ultimate unrequieted love. However hard and however long we love someone who has died, they can never love us back. At least that is how it feels...”

“A selfish person can still love someone else, can't they? Even when they've hurt them and let them down.”