On Grief Quotes

“the living are left to perseverate, to let their imaginations run amok in their midnight corrals.”
― Jennifer Senior, On Grief: Love, Loss, Memory

“Early on, the McIlvaines spoke to a therapist who warned them that each member of their family would grieve differently. Imagine that you’re all at the top of a mountain, she told them, but you all have broken bones, so you can’t help each other. You each have to find your own way down.”
― Jennifer Senior, On Grief: Love, Loss, Memory