Shared Sorrow Quotes

#1. I swiftly realised how grief sorts out and realigns those around the griefstruck; how friends are tested; how some pass, some fail. Old friendships may deepen through shared sorrow; or suddenly appear lightweight.

Julian Barnes

#2. Yet even without saying, each knew what the other was thinking, and, more acutely, what the other was feeling
this is a further effect of our shared sorrow, this empathy, this mournful telepathy.

John Banville

#3. They say that a shared sorrow draws people closer together; I can hardly believe that it often has that effect when those who share it are of widely different ages.

C.S. Lewis

#4. Sorrows when shared are less burdensome, though joys divided are increased.

Bill Vaughan

#5. He wondered why he wasn't as in love with her as he was with ... Hector had only shared enjoyment with (her) ... he shared everything, enjoyment and sorrow ... but for some time now they'd shared too much frustration, boredom and fatigue.

Francois Lelord

#6. Mom could have shared her suffering with her children, but she didn't. She could have succumbed to a world of pain and sorrow, but she didn't. Instead she loved each of us deeper, and found even more reasons to celebrate our lives together.

Ron Mayes

#7. Life makes beggars out of those who have joyful hearts, taxing the living with hardship and tribulation, but the charity of companionship, the currency of shared and unmitigated love, alleviates all disconsolation.

Michelle Franklin

#8. It is always some consolation in sorrow to feel that it is shared, and any burden laid on several is carried more lightly or removed.

Heloise

#9. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Was it really? Better to have trusted and been deceived? Better to have shared your soul with another human being, only to find that honor meant nothing to him?

Kathryn Johnson

#10. If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.

Sophie Swetchine

#11. You took me to adventure and to love. We two have shared great joy and great sorrow. And now I stand at the gate of the paddock watching you run in an ecstasy of freedom, knowing you will return to stand quietly, loyally, beside me.

Pam Brown

#12. To be loving is to be open to grief, to be touched by sorrow, even sorrow that is unending.

Bell Hooks

#13. Bad things happen to everyone. Not that this was an excuse or a justification for wronging another human being. Still, all humans had this shared experience - that of suffering. No human being left this world without shedding a tear, or feeling pain, or wading into the sea of sorrow.

Sylvain Reynard

#14. One thing I have learned during these past few terrible years is that our grief and sorrow should be shared, not carried alone.

Lynn Austin

#15. And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we'd meet there again.

Darnell Lamont Walker

#16. That she could smile while I hurt in ways I could not understand - it broke something in me. I did not understand the heart of her, then. She is made of brightness, too much for sorrow. Such a glad spirit - I am humbled now that she shared it with me.

Ann Aguirre