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Comedy1 quote
Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac. — Chazz Reinhold · 2005Comedy (film)1 quote
Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac. — Chazz Reinhold · 2005Greek tragedy1 quote
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. — Sophocles · 442 BCHistory (play)1 quote
To weep is to make less the depth of grief. — William Shakespeare · 1595Modernist literature1 quote
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust · 1922Post-colonial literature1 quote
But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Psychological literature1 quote
The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is, perhaps, the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment. — Colin Murray Parkes · 1972Religious literature1 quote
O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son! — David · 722 BCRomantic comedy1 quote
Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac. — Chazz Reinhold · 2005Romantic comedy (film)1 quote
Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac. — Chazz Reinhold · 2005Tragedy (play)1 quote
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. — Sophocles · 442 BCTravel writing1 quote
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. — Mark Twain · 1897