“Shared joy is double joy," he said brushing a tear from my cheek, "and shared sorrow is half the sorrow.”

“Shared sorrow is lessened, shared joy is increased”

“Could it possibly be that he yearned for some of the same things she yearned for? Love. Someone to call your own. Someone to share the joys and the sorrows of life.”

“If tears of sorrow are the echoes of things lost, what then are tears of joy?”

“That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.”

“When you weep, Jesus weeps with you. And together you enter into the dance of tears. The dance of tears with Jesus is a precious intimacy He shares only with those who have known deep suffering. In the dance of tears, Jesus shares your pain. He carries your deep sorrows in His everlasting arms. And He ultimately turns your mourning into dancing. He revives and saves your crushed spirit. What a blessed comfort in our deepest darkness to know the One who shares the depth of every pain and loss, every joy and gladness. Jesus, He is the One.”