Quotes tagged ‘Grief’

“The show is interested in love, but it’s much more interested, in both jaunty and melancholic ways, in death itself—in the terror of dying, but also in its temptation.”

— Emily Nussbaum, newyorker.com

“What does it mean to grieve someone who is alive, but who walks, talks, thinks, acts and looks different from before?”

— Megan Horst, nytimes.com

“I had saved her from her fate at the shelter, but she saved me 100 times over in the next seven years.”

— Alyssa Garrison, randomactsofpastel.com

“For all of my radical politics, I am the one who is much more concerned about what people think.”

— Naomi Gordon-Loebl, hazlitt.net

“So I stopped at a Jack in the Box on the way here, and the girl behind the counter said, "Hiya! Are you having an awesome day?" Not, "How are you doing today?" No. "Are you having an awesome day?" Which is pretty shitty because it puts the onus on me to disagree with her, like if I'm not having an "…”

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg, BoJack Horseman (voice), Will Arnett, imdb.com

“Losing pets is so hard. You're always going to wonder if you could've done something better.”

— Taylor Nicole Dean, youtube.com

“Michaela Stone: Where's, uh... where's mom and Jared? Grandpa Steve: I texted with Jared. He couldn't make it over; work emergency. Michaela Stone: And mom? Grandpa Steve: Your mom got sick. She... she fought so hard. Michaela Stone: What do you... what do you mean sick? Grandpa Steve: She loved you…”

— Jeff Rake, Michaela Stone, Melissa Roxburgh, imdb.com

“A ghost can be a lot of things. A memory, a daydream, a secret. Grief, anger, guilt. But, in my experience, most times they're just what we want to see.”

— Mike Flanagan, Steven Crain, Michiel Huisman, imdb.com

“One of many things I didn’t know about grief is that it doesn’t hit you all at once.”

— Nicole Chung, slate.com

“i don’t change the water i just let them die and then don’t throw away the dried flowers”

— Natalia Vela, instagram.com

“Survivor’s guilt goes down your throat with a burn like the Fireball Whiskey we were obsessed with at age sixteen. It also wakes you up. None of us is important enough to be a shitty friend.”

— Ella Dawson, elladawson.com

“What is bad news to one person might be good news to someone else. And sometimes, what seems like good news might actually be something full of sadness, misery, and grief.”

— Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket, Patrick Warburton, imdb.com

“Had Rick heard and felt the beginning of the building’s collapse? Had he known what was coming? These thoughts kept her awake, night after night.”

— James B. Stewart, newyorker.com

“Everyone should have a museum dedicated to the worst day of their life and be forced to attend it with a bunch of tourists from Denmark.”

— Steve Kandell, buzzfeednews.com

“this is where i come from. everyone i love still lives there.”

— Brenna Twohy, brennatwohy.tumblr.com

“John McCain was not defined by prison, by the Navy, by the Senate, by the Republican Party, or by any single one of the deeds in his absolutely extraordinary life. John McCain was defined by love.”

— Meghan McCain, cnn.com

“There’s no right or wrong way to grieve. Sometimes allowing yourself to indulge in memories of a loved one is the best way to get closure.”

— Christina M. Kim, Dr. Robert Borden, Ukweli Roach, imdb.com

“Losing people is one thing. Not being allowed to grieve for them, it’s, uh… well, that’s another.”

— Frank Spotnitz, Mark Sampson, Michael Gaston, imdb.com

“Michael: Jane, what's wrong? Jane: Rafael and I broke up. Michael: Are you okay? Narrator: Which brings us back to the last stage of grief: acceptance. Jane: Yeah, I am, actually. I have to be. Better to know now, you know? Before the baby comes, in the long run, it's better to know now.”

— Emmylou Diaz, David S. Rosenthal, Jane Villanueva, Gina Rodriguez, imdb.com

“It's okay to hate Prue, Piper. When my parents died, I hated them. Piper, it's okay to be mad at Prue. She left you all alone.”

— Krista Vernoff, Paige Matthews, Rose McGowan, imdb.com