“Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving.”— Elizabeth McCracken Related Quotes “On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. Maudlin tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least clean and honest. But the bath of self-pity, the wallow, the loathsome sticky-sweet pleasure of indulging it–that disgusts me”— C.S. Lewis “You know nothing about my grief”, said Anastasia. ” So speak nothing of it.”— Claire Legrand “Man only likes counting his grief, he doesn’t count his happiness. But if he were to count properly, he’d see that there’s enough of both lots for him.”— Fyodor Dostoyevsky