"A Grief Observed" Quotes
C.S. Lewis reflects on grief and loss after the death of his wife in this poignant and deeply personal exploration of faith and suffering.
nonfiction | 76 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn.'
Getting over it so soon? But the words are ambiguous. To say the patient is getting over it after an operation for appendicitis is one thing; after he's had his leg off is quite another.
The act of living is different all through. Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.
No one ever told me that it hurts so much to die.
But not to have been loved, that is a great loss.
You can't see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears.
We were wrong to think that tragedy is the touchstone of sincerity and truth.
You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put against it.
What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?
You can't really share someone else's weakness, or fear, or pain. What you feel may be bad. It might conceivably be as bad as what the other feels, but it is quite different.
