The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

by Mary-Frances O'Connor

How could they write those lyrics if they did not deeply understand you, if they were not speaking to you directly?

Grief is similar, in that anyone’s life is forever changed because of loss, even when they have adjusted well.

feeling grief at some point is one of the rules of being human.

If you now understand, deeply and truly, that people we love can disappear forever, it changes how we love, what we believe, and what we value.