What I have learned lately is that people deal with death in all sorts of ways. Some of us fight against it, doing everything we can to make it not true. Some of us lose our selves to grief. Some of us lose ourselves to anger.

~ Carrie Jones

Carrie Jones Anger Coping With Death Death Fight Gone Grief Lost Love

We should be sure that in our pursuit of happiness and positivity, we do not lose our ability to experience the other side of life, as well. Feelings of grief and respect for the departed, are honourable thoughts to have and honourable feelings to feel. In seeking happiness, we must not be so afraid of sorrow, that we lose the ability to cope with it properly. There is a healthy way to cope with both sorrow and joy; both need to be looked straight in the face, in the eyes.

~ C. Joybell C.

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This is my life now. Absurd, but unpredictable. Not absurd because unpredictable but unpredictable because absurd. If I have lost the meaning of my life, I might still find small treasured things among the spilled and pilfered trash.

~ Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates Absurd Coping Coping With Death Grief Life And Living Loss

A relationship between two people is made up, for the most part, of invisible things: memories, shared experiences, hopes and fears. When one person disappears, the other is left alone, as if holding a string with no kite. Memories can do a lot to sustain you, but the invisible stuff of the relationship is lost, even as unresolved issues remain: arguments never settled, kind words never uttered, things left un-said. They become like a splinter beneath the skin-unseen, but painful nevertheless. Until they're exposed, coping with the loss is impossible.

~ David Dosa

David Dosa Coping With Death Inspirational Loss Relationships

...this two-way hatred. I don’t understand it. I wonder how much of it is caused by fear?

~ Judy Blume

Judy Blume Coping With Death Drama Tragedy Young Adult Fiction