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    Nicole Krauss
    “there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.”
    ― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
    tags: comfort, sad, sadness
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    Cassandra Clare
    “Maybe that was why she couldn't cry, she realized, staring dry-eyed at the ceiling. Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?”
    ― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
    tags: clary, comfort, crying
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  • #3
    Betty Smith
    “She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.”
    ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    tags: comfort, girls, inspirational, loneliness, suffering
    562 likes

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  • #4
    Nicholas Sparks
    “Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.”
    ― Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven
    tags: comfort
    211 likes

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  • #5
    C.S. Lewis
    “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
    tags: fear, grief, sorrow
    3051 likes

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    J.K. Rowling
    “You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: grief, harry-potter, hurt, pain
    2764 likes

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  • #7
    John Green
    “We live in a universe devoted to the creation, and eradication, of awareness. Augustus Waters did not die after a lengthy battle with cancer. He died after a lengthy battle with human consciousness, a victim - as you will be - of the universe's need to make and unmake all that is possible.”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
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  • #8
    Lurlene McDaniel
    “If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.”
    ― Lurlene McDaniel, Don't Die, My Love
    tags: cancer, heaven, true-love
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  • #9
    “It's all right, Tessa, you can go. We love you. You can go now.'
    'Why are you saying that?'
    'She might need permission to die, Cal.'
    'I don't want her to. She doesn't have my permission.”
    ― Jenny Downham, Before I Die
    tags: before-i-die, cancer, death, family, sad
    142 likes

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  • #10
    “Maybe you should say goodbye, Cal.'
    'No.'
    'It might be important.'
    'It might make her die.”
    ― Jenny Downham, Before I Die
    tags: before-i-die, cancer, death, love, sad
    65 likes

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  • #11
    Simon Holt
    “Fear is the cancer”
    ― Simon Holt, The Devouring
    tags: cancer, fear
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  • #12
    George Carlin
    “Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: fighting, humor, misattributed-george-carlin, peace, sex
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  • #13
    “It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair.”
    ― Taylor Swift
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  • #14
    Anne Frank
    “The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!”
    ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
    tags: anne-frank, strong, survival, weak
    262 likes

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    Holly Black
    “Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.”
    ― Holly Black, Red Glove
    tags: advice, moms, sensitive, strong
    253 likes

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  • #16
    Brenda Joyce
    “I am strong, but I am tired, Stephen, tired of always having to be the strong one, of always having to do the right thing.”
    ― Brenda Joyce, An Impossible Attraction
    tags: dewarren-dynasty, rest, strong, tired
    313 likes

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  • #17
    Michael Cadnum
    “...and he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stronger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.”
    ― Michael Cadnum, Flash
    tags: flash, happy, michael-cadnum, smile, strong
    142 likes

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  • #18
    Lauren Oliver
    “That is the rule of the Wilds: You must be bigger and stronger and tougher. You must hurt or be hurt.”
    ― Lauren Oliver, Requiem
    tags: delirium, hurt, love, rules, strong
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  • #19
    Steve Goodier
    “My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.”
    ― Steve Goodier
    tags: growth, healing, healing-the-past, hurts, past, past-and-present, resilience, scars, strength, strong, survivor, woundedness, wounds
    400 likes

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  • #20
    John Green
    “Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
    ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
    tags: change, grief, loss, revelation
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  • #21
    Chuck Palahniuk
    “It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
    tags: loss
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  • #22
    José N. Harris
    “Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”
    ― José N. Harris, MI VIDA: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love
    tags: grief, grieving, hope, loss, love, pain, sadness, strength, tears
    3763 likes

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  • #23
    Suzanne Collins
    “That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.”
    ― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
    tags: fire, life, loss
    1697 likes

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  • #24
    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away.”
    ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
    tags: impermanence, life, loss
    1366 likes

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  • #25
    Gayle Forman
    “Losing me will hurt; it will be the kind of pain that won't feel real at first, and when it does, it will take her breath away.”
    ― Gayle Forman, If I Stay
    tags: loss
    1157 likes

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  • #26
    Haruki Murakami
    “Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: endurance, life, loss, love
    2353 likes

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  • #27
    Alyson Noel
    “You never know what you have till you've lost it.”
    ― Alyson Noel, Evermore
    tags: bereavement, loss, misattributed
    838 likes

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  • #28
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: bereavement, loss
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  • #29
    “Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. They’re a sign of FRUSTRATION. She’s only crying so she won’t cut your throat in your sleep. So make nice and be grateful.”
    ― Donna Barr
    tags: behavior, crying, frustration, men-women, tears, weakness
    456 likes

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  • #30
    Max Brooks
    “Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.”
    ― Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
    tags: human-nature, scepticism, weakness, zombie
    489 likes



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