“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.”-Washington Irving
“The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.”-Niccolo Machiavelli
“Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.“-Pliny the Elder
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”-C. S. Lewis
“When grief is deepest, words are fewest.”-Ann Voskamp
