Iris Murdoch Quote

You need to keep hurting until you realise you never needed to hurt in the first place.

I have drunk the night and swallowed the stars. I am dancing with abandon and singing with rapture. There is not a thing I do not love. There is not a person I have not forgiven. I feel a universe of...

Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.

Why do they lie? she asked herself aloud. They say time makes losing someone you loved easier to deal with, but it only makes it worse.

Loss is only temporary when you believe in God!

Maybe when we face a tragedy, someone, somewhere is preventing a bigger tragedy from happening.

To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering

The role of Cherishing in Bereavement - I think that the key to healthy grieving is to cherish those who have passed on, so that you celebrate their lives and the times you did have together with than...

The bereaved need more than just the space to grieve the loss. They also need the space to grieve the transition.

Because she is in God's hands.' But if so, she was in God's hands all the time, and I have seen what they did to her here. Do they suddenly become gentler to us the moment we are out of the body and i...