What she did not know, and would never have believed, was that though her soul seemed to have been grown over with an impenetrable layer of mold, some delicate blades of grass, young and tender, were already pushing their way upwards, destined to take root and send out living shoots so effectively that her all-consuming grief would soon be lost and forgotten. The wound was healing from inside. —Leo Tolstoy More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love. —E.A. Bucchianeri More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I pulled a dirty black sweatshirt from the laundry basket on his floor and tried to drink in his scent, to savor the essence of my sweet boy. . . . I inhaled it long and hard, wanting to permanently implant all of him in my brain, to make him last forever. —Shelley Ramsey More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
For grief has darkened my eyes; my body is like a shadow. . . . My days fade like an echo; the strings of my heart have snapped. —The Book of Job More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Not that Mrs. Marston did not feel it [when her husband died]. She did, as deeply as her nature could. But she felt it as a well-padded boy feels a whacking, through layers of convention. —Mary Webb More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love. —Dean Inge More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My uncle was a clown for the Ringling Brothers Circus, and when he died, all of his friends went to the funeral in one car. —Steven Wright More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all. —Abraham Lincoln More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado, or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences, whether it is in matters social, political, or other. It consists in deeds, not words. —Mahatma Gandhi More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions. —Elayne Boosler More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Masculinity is a hard, small cage, and we put boys inside this cage. —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The dark side of men is clear. Their mad exploitation of earth resources, devaluation and humiliation of women, and obsession with tribal warfare are undeniable. Genetic inheritance contributes to their obsessions, but also culture and environment. We have defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling, assign men a place in the sky instead of earth, teach obedience to the wrong powers, [and] work to keep men boys. —Robert Bly More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One cannot bring up boys to be eagles and then expect them to be sparrows. —Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
From my locker I collected my sneakers, jock strap, and gym pants and then turned away, leaving the door ajar for the first time, forlornly open and abandoned, the locker unlocked. This was more final than the moment when the Headmaster handed me my diploma. My schooling was over now. —John Knowles, A Separate Peace More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He'd long ago given up hope of finding a country anywhere in the world where it was safe to tell total strangers that he had no interest in sports whatsoever. —Greg Egan, Zandegi More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email