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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.24

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.

Peter De Vries (2014). “The Tunnel of Love: A Novel”, p.85, University of Chicago Press

I’m not just taking trips down memory lane; I’m broken down on it.

Pete Wentz, James Montgomery (2013). “Gray”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

I never wanted but your heart--that gone, you have nothing more to give.

Mary Wollstonecraft, Sir Charles ALDIS (1803). “A Defence of the character and conduct of ... Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin ... In a series of letters to a lady. MS. notes [by Sir C. Aldis].”, p.127

To be broken is no reason to see all things as broken.

Mark Nepo (2014). “The Endless Practice: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

Things are strongest where they're broken.

Louise Penny (2011). “Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.325, Macmillan