Quotes by Mourning Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count. We still don't like to admit the war was even partly our fault because so many of our people died. A photograph on every mantlepiece. And all this mourning has veiled the truth. It's not so much lest we forget, as lest we remember. Because you should realise the Cenotaph and the Last Post and all that stuff is concerned, there's no better way of forgetting something than by commemorating it. Alan Bennett mourning war people John [Lennon] as a singer - the way he sings on "Twist and Shout" and the way he sings on "Strawberry Fields Forever" - is a very odd voice, in the sense that it seems to be celebrating but almost mourning at the same time. There's a quality of mourning to his voice, which is very enigmatic. Alasdair MacLean mourning voice forever An unchangeable colour rules over the melancholic: his dwelling is a space the colour of mourning. Nothing happens in it. No one intrudes. It is a bare stage where the inert I is assisted by the I suffering from that inertia. The latter wishes to free the former, but all efforts fail, as Theseus would have failed had he been not only himself but also the Minotaur; to kill him then, he would have had to kill himself Alejandra Pizarnik mourning space dwelling Mourn if you must, but don't stop fighting. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn mourning mourn fighting That probably greatest of narcissistic wounds -- not to have been loved just as one truly was -- cannot heal without the work of mourning. Alice Miller mourning narcissistic heal Although I could lament in the language and feelings of David for Absalom, I am constrained to say, peace to his manes. Let us weep for the living, and not for the dead. Andrew Jackson mourning language feelings All Americans mourn the passing of the author of the Declaration of Independence, George Jefferson. Andy Borowitz mourning independence funny Ruins stood for what was lost, and yet there were beautiful-peaceful, historic, intellectual. Not tragic or regrettable. Lena tried to keep hers that way too, and she succeeded to some extent. Why not celebrate what you had rather than spend your time mourning its passing? There could be joy in things that ended. Ann Brashares mourning joy beautiful Family members have a personal stake in honoring and mourning their dead and objecting to unwarranted public exploitation that, by intruding upon their own grief, tends to degrade the rites and respect they seek to accord to the deceased person who was once their own. Anthony Kennedy mourning members grief When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life. Anton Chekhov mourning black said I'm in mourning for my life. Anton Chekhov mourning You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own. Antonio Porchia mourning tears rivers In the great glasshouses streaming with condensation, the children in mourning-dress beheld marvels. Arthur Rimbaud mourning dresses children What is required to face trauma is the ability to mourn, fully and deeply, all that has been taken from us. Only through mourning everything we have lost can we discover that we have in fact survived; that our spirits are indestructible. Aurora Levins Morales mourning taken faces Today, the world lost a creative icon. Michelle and I join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of Prince. Barack Obama mourning icons creative Temporary feelings of regret are a normal part of the mourning process. This helps us retrieve our lost dreams. If we hold on to regret, we risk trapping ourselves in a prison of unrealized dreams from which it is difficult to escape. Barbara De Angelis mourning regret dream To die quickly in one's eighth decade at the very top of one's powers is an enviable end, and not an occasion for mourning. Brendan Gill mourning ends death I had lots of opportunities to survive this [popularity] madness. Madame de Staël said, "Glory is the bright mourning of happiness." Brigitte Bardot mourning madness opportunity It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it. Camilla Belle mourning hair thinking Faris turned on him. "Why choose to wear black today, of all days? I know why I'm in black. Why are you? Mourning? He looked startled. "One does not wear mourning for a servant." You still don't understand, do you? He was not my servant." He regarded her anger, aghast. "What then? What else could he be? Her empty hands shook as she held them out to him. Her voice shook as she replied, "Glove to my hand." Slowly she closed her fists. "Everything. Caroline Stevermer mourning voice hands 1234567»