单词 | grief |
例句 | Constance’s stifled voice called out, “Good grief! Do you intend to keep me in here forever?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Grief is grief, pain is pain, and music, Beethoven seems to be proclaiming, is the art best placed to confront such darkness. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He wasn’t familiar at all, but his massive grief drew me to him, just like Newton’s gravitational attraction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It was, like, my mother had given me a grief shower, you know? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet, unlike the music itself, the echoes from the hills sang less of fear than of grief. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I’m sure it’s out of grief for Yule May, but I suspect she also knows the book is over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Exhaustion and grief inched heavily into every fiber of my body, yet I was wide awake. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I look in his eyes and see my own grief reflected there. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Like Ruthanne said, it helps to have someone to share grief with. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Her voice almost broke with her grief, but Catelyn took a long breath and steadied herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was like a man crazy with grief. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The grief was for his friend Pechvarry, the fear was for himself. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z To psychoanalyze my grandmother’s heart palpitations: they were the manifestations of grief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I fall under the cloak of grief as well. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was grief that fogged his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I did not take offense, considering her grief, but stayed by Gertrude’s side until her raving ceased and she fell asleep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But these were small comforts compared to his grief. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When I tell him of his father’s madness, his mother’s grief and their unfortunate love, what will he make of this true but unbelievable tale? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I saw a horrified look of grief wash over my friends’ faces. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In the furnace of his grief, rage kindled. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Good grief. Don’t tell me that she is this Harlett O’Hara.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The hustle and bustle of all the children helped Emma with her grief over the death of her baby, and it distracted her from worry about her ill parents. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The grief that had possessed him since Dumbledore’s death felt different now. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Then the queen and her son are alike in their passions,” I said, “for Gertrude’s grief exceeds all bounds. I fear her health is in danger.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Having suffered through several traumatic episodes myself, I am very familiar with the bodily manifestations of grief." Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Almost consumed by grief, he made a decision. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z As they were healed of hurt and weariness of body the grief of their loss grew more keen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Just because grief ruined your grandfather doesn’t mean it’ll ruin you,” she finally said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “A dog, aye. He brought us only grief and death. A vile dog indeed. Say on.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My name is Mrs. Sweet and I’m a member of the suicide prevention/grief counseling team that has been brought in to help you through this crisis. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Heather Clark wasn’t the only person who gave me grief about going to Duke. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Then she went to singing a Nigerian grief song learned from her daddy, who was lured onto an illegal slave ship in 1848, when he was only twelve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But what used to feel like a communion only emphasized our grief and eventually we had stopped trying altogether. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Treason and turmoil followed, as night follows day, ending at Summerhall in sorcery, fire, and grief. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Miss Adebayo visited and said something about grief, something nice-sounding and facile: Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He realized he had to raise the young women’s spirits—he couldn’t let their grief affect their work. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Thirteen miles today; but if we try to keep up such a pace among these cut, heaped, crevassed pressure-ridges we shall wear ourselves out or come to worse grief than a bellyslide. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Ahh, David thought and he shook his head and tried to shake his grief, the memory of the whole stinking mess pouring back into his thoughts. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know whether to leave her with her grief or to push on, but I've come this far and I can't help wanting to go further. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He breathed the scents of the foxes, linked in grief over the loss of their silver center. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Like the bile that kept burning her throat these days, a deep, paralyzing grief would come rising up Laila’s chest. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I ended up in a hospital, where they kept me for months after I arrived back in New York, staring at a wall, stunned silent, frozen rigid with anger and grief. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the look of a man who had lived long enough to understand grief’s consuming fire. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z You know, in our culture, when a loved one dies, you’re expected to wail and cry to properly show your grief. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Alex sighed, fighting against the sense of grief that was suddenly overwhelming. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He understood how grief can twist a heart, how passions drive good men to folly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Then I shall attend her funeral with heartfelt grief,” he told them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Salva closed his eyes for a few moments, trying to picture his brothers through a haze of time and grief. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When their grief abated a little, the companions hollowed out a grave, lining it with flat stones. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “After nine months, the woman gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Now the parents’ joy turned to grief, for the law said that twins were evil and must be killed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And then softly, to his own surprise, there at the vain end of his long journey and his grief, moved by what thought in his heart he could not tell, Sam began to sing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A happier place, for sure, than the tin-and-cement box that packaged us up with all our griefs in Kinshasa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Their figures are bent, their faces full of grief, despair, haste, and resignation. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Rodriguez, having meant her grief over her father’s death, nodded all the same. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to control his grief, Makafui grabbed one of the leaders of the march and tried to strangle him with his wrist chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Older women lowered their eyes in sympathy; many of them had lost children in cruel ways and they knew what strong, lasting grief came with such a loss. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With every step I took, and with every look back, I shed tears of grief. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She fell into bed exhausted and only felt the full burden of her grief in dreams, which, determined as she was, she could not control. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z That night Alba heard her cry for the first time, covering her face with her blanket to suffocate her grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw how Lanre, nearly mad with grief, had sought the power to bring Lyra back to life again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Until she saw me, though, the pain and grief only needed to exist in her mind. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z And so, for a while, I was lost in grief and knew nothing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was grief over the waste of life, the stunned wonder at the ways of God, and the restoration of order in nature at the graveyard. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped going to appointments with the grief counselor. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He was pale and looked like he was 285 years old, with the grief of the whole world etched on his face. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But his mind was elsewhere—with death, with his grief, and his remorse; mechanically, without consciousness of what he was doing, he began to shoulder his way through the crowd. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Conor’s grief was a physical thing, gripping him like a clamp, clenching him tight as a muscle. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I don’t remember much about our visit there, except for how stunned we were, each of us bricked inside our private grief. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She did not—she could not—outlive the grief of her inheritance, but she embraced and defended the most fragile of her children from the will of the strong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Dr. Blankenship hired a private grief counselor to come to their house to meet with Lydia and Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was a sound of rage and grief and it seemed never to end. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He wandered hack in a heartbroken daze, his sensitive face eloquent with grief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Well, I understand that this is a devastating loss for Alaska’s close friends. It’s just awful. There’s no comfort to this grief, is there?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A girl’s voice, shaken with grief, cried, “NO! Curse you, WHY?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Leila would eventually need to do something positive with her grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Grandmother rocked back and forth, wailing with grief, when she recounted the story. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We followed her out, leaving Miss Avocet to her grief. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was a little late for my mother, but if she voted yes, she knew it would not be too late for the next family suffering grief. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And only for its duration is their grief slightly abated, the enforced absence of certain foods on their plates conjuring his father’s presence somehow. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to give in to my grief for Harry, and for my mother and father, too. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Among the Collegians, silence was protection; among the rebels, ’twas grief. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The cynicism in his voice sounded so much like Jen that Luke almost gave in to grief again. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Clara stayed with her, because she felt guilty for having caused so much grief and had begun to doubt the wisdom of her enterprise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He confessed to feeling “a profound grief, and a profound perplexity about the course we should be following.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They clung to one another in grief, forgave each other, and wept. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The grief came on her all at once. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With each recorded memento of grief, Will’s mother found hope and Will’s family began to heal. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He had discovered that grief did not dim with time; it was instead a volatile state of being. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The grief that washed over Barbara Johns gave way to anger, then took hold in her as a hunger for justice that would not be denied. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Maybe if I bled, I’d feel something more than this wrenching grief. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Think not of me with grief and pain. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Terror and grief shook him, seeing in his thought the mad fierce face of Boromir, and his burning eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’m the one who has to deal with Dad all year. I’m the one who runs over when he wants help. I’m the one who deals with his dementia and his grief.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It added to my grief that I was not able to bury my mother, which was my responsibility as her eldest child and only son. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders quake and soft moaning breaths escape as he tries to suppress his grief. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Pippin who stood behind Prince Imrahil sprang forward with a cry of grief. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Afterward, she did double duty, nursing Tad Lincoln and caring for Mrs. Lincoln, helpless in her grief. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite their overwhelming grief, the men around the bed were aware of their responsibilities. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z "I have a cure for grief under my furs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This time all that welled up inside her was a mixture of grief and rage. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She, for very terror on hearing this, had wept; yet she could not deny that for such an abundance of bitterness there was a positive fountain of grief. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Through Reyna’s haze of rage and grief, she noticed the giant’s new scars. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And now, twenty years later, I’m left with faceless responsibility and faceless grief. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A friend suggested that she use the money to start a small business, which would help the family and also keep her busy, so she could try to get past her grief. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When she lowered her hand, her eyes flared with fury and grief. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This was the figure Prince Odysseus found— wasted by years, racked, bowed under grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With a calm skill, without the slightest misstep, he left his accumulated grief behind and found Remedios changed into a swamp without horizons, smelling of a raw animal and recently ironed clothes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The only protection from grief was silence and rules. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I had to read the scrap of paper three times through before I understood the extent of my grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Pipkin had planted in himself, like some somber tree, the knowledge that Hazel would never return, his bewilderment exceeded his grief: and this bewilderment he saw on every side among his companions. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He, like Demeter, was afflicted, not because of grief for another, as she was, but because of his own pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Jethro felt choked with grief, but he drew a sleeve across his eyes and tried to look at his brother without further weeping. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Thorold tried to comfort her, but he didn’t know the reason for her extremity of grief, and could only pat her shoulder nervously. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And I would leave him to his grief. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since leaving Smyrna the doctor had been beside himself with grief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Listening is also a good response to grief. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I fainted with all this grief and they carried me back to Yan Chang’s bed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the face of Cooky’s grief, Reed shook himself, and the edge of his anger dulled. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His mother had gone cold when Arthur died; her grief for him was fixed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Maddened by grief, no doubt, and knowing that Black had been the Potters’ Secret-Keeper, he went after Black himself.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But the hope that kept the grief at bay is dwindling, slipping away with each word she speaks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The needs of others were so pressing that she was forced to put her grief aside for later. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And I felt the first icy grip of grief around my heart. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A spectator at so many funerals, I grew ac-quainted with the rhythms of grief. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of the proud figure lying a broken corpse filled Taran with grief that quickly turned to rage. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I was so devastated by my own grief at her loss, and my own feeling of failure, that I didn’t even try to help them through it. I was angry, too.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z "Thank you, Maester, but no. I will not sleep away* my grief. Bran and Rickon deserve better from me. Go and join the celebration, I Will sit with my father for a time." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His rage was dreadful and yet Harry’s grief for Dobby seemed to diminish it, so that it became a distant storm that reached Harry from across a vast, silent ocean. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z So great was the badger’s anger and grief that she was oblivious to any notion of stalking or tracking. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But then it occurred to me that if I were to do so, I might easily intrude upon her private grief. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In spite of his ruthlessness, he felt a pang of grief as he watched the maiden placed on the funeral pyre and the wild flames roar up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To his servants he said that the guest was to be taken to a distant room where he could hear no sounds of grief, and given dinner and lodging there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His battered face was twisted with grief and fear, and he could barely limp through the wreckage. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Frightened by his own feelings, he had listened mutely to the wails of grief that permeated the community. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As he explained,“In the day-time I was uneasy. In the night I had little rest. I sometimes never closed my eye-lids for grief.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There’s something new in his Noise, a sadness, a sadness like grief. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Gandalf in grief and horror turned his face away and closed the door. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Beauty returned to her husband full of grief, and noticed he wasn't sad. She discovered he'd troubled the skies over Orléans to lure her back, so she left him." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I thought as time passed my memories would hurt less, but grief was a funny thing. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We were broken, an almost unrecognizable bunch of mourners held together by habit and grief and a shared history of survival. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z So it seemed to Charles “that an innate feeling must have told him that the pretended crying of his nurse expressed grief” and that he empathized with her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The spell by which I had been so far supported began to dissolve; reaction took place, and soon, so overwhelming was the grief that seized me, I sank prostrate with my face to the ground. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There were lines around her eyes from laughter, and around her mouth from grief. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There it is again, that brief moment of understanding on Hideo’s face, of old grief and dark history. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘The water is not deep. Let us wade across! On the further bank we can rest, and the sound of the falling water may bring us sleep and forgetfulness of grief.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And unlike McCunn, he didn’t go into the bush assuming someone would automatically appear to save his bacon before he came to grief. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He worried about his mother and father and the grief he had caused them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It would be tempting to invite her in, for in the depths of grief, sometimes one cannot tell the difference between illusion and reality. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Gertrude also left her queenly seat, making two thrones vacant Overcome with grief, she closeted herself like a nun and received no one for weeks. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Remarkably, even in communities devastated by mass incarceration, many people struggling to cope with the stigma of imprisonment have no idea that their neighbors are struggling with the same grief, shame, and isolation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Harry strode confidently out from the wings, looking so handsome I could hardly believe he was the same boy who’d been staring up at his ceiling, wracked with grief, only an hour before. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It had taken another death to reconcile them; Lyanna's death, and the grief they had shared over her passing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The man downstairs felt so bad he went inside and shot himself, too, and now his wife has gone crazy with the grief of it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She says it all the time since I got sick, but only now do I see that what Mummy means is, I love you in spite of my grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Jackie already had her game face on, an almost impassive look, the grief held tightly inside. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even now, he was a Stark of Winterfell, and his grief and his rage froze hard inside him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But let your grief be gentle and brief. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the chaos of grief and remorse that filled his mind it was the one articulate word. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was an indispensable part of the mingled outpourings of jubilation and mourning, of grief and celebration. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Their deep, dark eyes gazed down on me with such penetrating grief and wisdom I did not doubt they peered into my very heart. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Would I understand the depth of grief and fear that could’ve led her to take my entire life away from me? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z John dropped a brick in the wagon, then walked up to my seat, all his grief flooding into a sense of longing, a need for escape. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Elsbeth is the grief I would allow myself to feel, if my emotions weren't so covered in darkness. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And my husband had abandoned me to uncertainty and grief. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But “dead,” mingling with the churning and bubbling noises in this room, strikes a blow like a hammer to my chest, and the monster of grief awakens, clawing at my eyes and throat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z So she sat there, wiping her tears with a Kleenex and watching her son shudder with grief in the middle of the waiting room floor. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After the burial, Mollie went straight to the courthouse—the cold stone building that seemed to hold the secrets to her grief and despair. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It’s just like the days after the funeral again, but this time, it’s a different kind of grief we have. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z As far as I’m concerned, Dana must have done this to herself, and she deserves the grief she gets. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But the greatest grief is this: Your brother, Laertes, and Prince Hamlet have slain each other with poisoned swords. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In Caroline’s letter, Charles read about the family’s grief. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand before you today, the representative of a family in grief, in a country in mourning, before a world in shock. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “It was the full and terrible truth, alas,” Horatio assures me, and I see by his eyes that his own griefs have not died, but only diminished. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He thought she would die of her grief there and then. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The presence of Clyde’s gun should have terrified her, but a wave of grief swelled for Mr. Griswold’s current uncertain state, followed by a tsunami of anger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We have lost the same people and cried for the same grief. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A man with a shirt frayed at the cuffs, without a jacket and wearing broken shoes, marched along reciting the Poet’s most revolutionary poems, his grief streaming down his face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In one of his plays, Medea says, “What greater grief than the loss of one’s native land?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z But my grief for her was like a circle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I am weary, and full of grief, and afraid. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I am overcome with grief, with loss, with the stark misery of being alone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But the Queen’s grief—and her own guilt—pulled her in the only direction she could go. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I’d lock up the bar, make myself a double Singapore Sling, settle down with a paper fan and practically swoon with grief. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sally burst into tears, she wasn’t quite sure whether of relief or of grief. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I bit my inner cheek until I tasted my own blood, knowing that any show of grief would exile me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Amaranta did not show any upset or the slightest sign of grief, and she even looked a bit rejuvenated by a duty accomplished. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Tortoise wondered if perhaps Dog’s grief had made him go mad. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Ash couldn’t answer, because her grief and anger now seemed so superfluous in comparison to the perfection of this fairy woman, who took her hand to lead her into the dancing circle. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When he reached Gray’s den, he lifted his head and wailed the notes of grief. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She could see the grief on his face, but even then he thought first of her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Well, there’s got to be some type of punishment, whether we like it or not. The chief’s taking too much grief over this.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The diet here, the stress, the grief of losing her parents have all, no doubt, contributed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If they could see us, they might see how I’m slayed, crippled with grief. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Lent is the season of penitence, the time of grief one must undergo before the joy of Easter comes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Our Father takes their ironical and self-interested tone to indicate a lack of genuine grief. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My face was caked with soot, my eyes ringed with grief from the things they had seen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There was no feeling of surprise or grief. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I often sat with him, after services, and listened to his tales, trying to understand his grief. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Claudius approached with my father, who protested, “I still believe his grief sprang from neglected love.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Elizabeth didn’t want to leave her father alone with his grief, so she entered the room and climbed onto his lap. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Why...well, yes! Good grief, of course! And thank you....I mean, do you really think it’ll make a difference? I don’t mean to suggest that...I don’t know what I mean. Yes, of course!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Pain is lonesome, thought Gerald as he watched all the kids at school caught up in their grief. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Angel sat next to him, feeling his sorrow, understanding his grief. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t expected me to answer, maybe had given me up for dead already and was calling now out of some reflexive grief instinct that he couldn’t switch off. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z If she were trying to earn Minya’s praise, she wouldn’t hold back, but would use Hayva’s tenderness and grief against her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The trip across the glacier and through the dark land of grief is crooked and dangerous but sometimes beautiful. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z ‘The news of that grief should have been told first to the father.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And in my chest there was a well of grief that felt worse than the sickness. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I am glad he has found something to distract him from his grief. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “I did not believe you would destroy yourself from grief or rejected love. Thus I supposed that you only feigned your death,” she said, with the satisfaction of someone solving a puzzle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And part of me wants to bleed across the great room floor or melt into a puddle of grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "There is grief in this message, Ned. I can feel it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had watched her, after all, mourn her husband’s death and it had been for her in part the discovery that grief could attach itself with permanence—something Ishmael had already discovered. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But Éomer leaped from the saddle, and grief and dismay fell upon him as he came to the king’s side and stood there in silence. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In 1619, Ferdinand II had become Emperor after Matthias died, and this was the same fervently Catholic Ferdinand who had caused Kepler so much grief in Styria earlier in his career. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Maggots again, but larger, full grown, they now crawled across his grief and his repentance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z "Is it grief for your lord father that makes you so sad?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was Miss Taylor’s loss which first brought grief. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The sounds of pain and grief begin to recede, to be replaced by words of anticipation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In that moment of trivial misunderstanding and profound insight, I felt my throat twisted by unsounded grief. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z More than grief, more than anger, there is a need. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was an act of outrage and pity and grief and bravery. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Just as Voldemort had not been able to possess Harry while Harry was consumed with grief for Sirius, so his thoughts could not penetrate Harry now, while he mourned Dobby. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Not when I met Tom, who saved me from grief after Dad died. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The victory celebration at camp was muted, due to grief- not just for Leo but also for the many others who had died in battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Her wound was too fresh,'her grief too deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their power, building and building, comes from grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Lyra was shaking with anger and grief, striding up and down with clenched fists and turning her tear-streaming face this way and that as if looking for an answer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z This is the piece of his history that haunts him, I think, recalling the beat of grief we’d shared when I’d mentioned my father. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You,” answered Adaon, after a moment’s hesitation, “you were filled with grief.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z And so I did what Max did, and set the guilt and the grief to one side. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I could hear the babies crying far off and voices calming them and Noris sobbing along with her aunt Mate, and all their grief pulled me back from mine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now events were running away with them, trampling over her personal griefs, her budding hopes, her sprouting wings. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were tears of grief, of anger, of disillusionment. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Or with pain and sadness, because his father might have been killed, and sometimes grief doesn’t make much sense. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But I am teetering on the edge of grief’s mouth, and if I returned to my parents’ old faction, it would swallow me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Only fourteen and pregnant at the time, Ann nearly killed herself with grief. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Lord knows it surely does help to share grief with somebody else.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z As long as I kept moving, my grief streamed out behind me like a swimmer’s long hair in water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember his face, which was not a pretty face, because his jaw was in his throat, and I remember feeling the burden of responsibility and grief. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A torrent of emotion battered at him: disbelief, grief, anger. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So, out of desperation and grief, Pop stole the money and took her, thinking they’d be safe once they were out of America. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Theo is still incredibly shaken, but Dries’s company helps ease his grief. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I hate Prentisstown but I got more cause for grief than any of them. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z "But it was just grief, right? He was real. He was just, I don't know, brokenhearted." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Do you get”—Hangman loves giving me grief over this word—“nightingales in January, Dad? I might’ve heard one this morning. In the woods.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But now she felt numb, as if by the fifth time repeating it, throwing herself against the rocks of her grief, they had finally eroded, leaving nothing but smooth cold emptiness behind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I could not forget that only the week before I had been touched by her childish griefs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The tears hit again in the purest form of grief and protest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every one of her fellow pilots, navigators, and mechanics gathered around her and swore to avenge her grief—not just for Zinaida and her child, but for all Soviet mothers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “My girls would be so happy if I saw someone,” she said in a flat voice, meaning that she hadn’t been to grief counseling. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Had grief for King Hamlet weakened her mind? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The grief he’d been avoiding for days welled over him again. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Will someone give my mom grief when they see her hanging out with a lady in a hijab? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z My rep-a-tation saves me a whole lot of trouble and grief and you gone and kicked a hole in it that I ain’t got no choice but to plug up.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I will not bargain with you. Nor will God. You must run to him freely, looking forward, not encumbered by your past griefs.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I am not sure I have ever hated anyone—as a child I was taught that hatred was wrong—yet I admit that I want to hurt him, and cause him grief. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Her father is dying all over again, and her grief is worse than the first time. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She never got over the visceral grief of losing her daughter or the fact that she didn't raise her oldest child. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She didn’t make a sound, but her body trembled and she turned her head from side to side in an agony of grief. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was light out when we found them, the sun rising slowly in a pale-blue sky, casting a warm glow over the fields of sorrow and grief. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I that evening shut my eyes resolutely against the future: I stopped my ears against the voice that kept warning me of near separation and coming grief. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Ralph cleared his throat “Now we must return to our own abode and deal with our private grief in whatever ways seem to bring us peace.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Aech knew I was falling for Art3mis, but he never gave me too much grief about it, even when I would bail on him at the last minute to hang out with her instead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If ever beyond hope you return to the lands of the living and we re-tell our tales, sitting by a wall in the sun, laughing at old grief, you shall tell me then. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Our voices rose together as one, proclaiming faith, joining in grief. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If Sam could have seen him and known the grief that his escape would bring, he might have quailed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He stood, stupid with bewilderment and grief, a few inches from the bed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They fear that her heart will break unless she can find relief, and one by one the women tell her of their own grief, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But in their grief and at the hour of death, men could turn for compassion to the goddess who sorrowed and the goddess who died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, do be more plain to me! Perhaps grief and trouble are dulling my brain.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Her heart broke in grief and sadness; she fell from the sky and turned herself into the Jade River in hopes that she could somehow he reunited, with her children. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But I knew something was going to have to change in my life, because I felt like I was putting in all of the work and only getting grief in return. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It kept up a slow fire of indignation and a trembling trouble of grief, which harassed and crushed me altogether. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When he died in 1971, it was fortunate that she had two grandchildren living close to her to help her through her grief. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I know,” she said, “there ain’t no safety except you walk humble before the Lord. You going to find it out, too, one day. You go on, hardhead. You going to come to grief.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z If he was honest, there was even a small grief. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The memory had lingered with Mollie, but only now could she fully comprehend the scene: Bryan was standing near her, staring down at his victim while feigning grief. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Summer had mourned for him, and Shaggydog and Grey Wind had joined in his grief. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She wore no part of her grief, so to speak, on her sleeve—in fact, there were no outward signs at all of her late, enviable connections with the Deceased. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Never mind that we’re all people of color, that most of us live in single-parent homes, that we catch the same amount of grief from the white world. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With recent griefs of her own, she did not wish to share mine, I thought bitterly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “But my mother always gives me grief when I leave a door open. Especially if the air conditioner is running.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Ashoke, the name of an emperor, means “he who transcends grief.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It had been a sudden and devastating death, and everyone said it was grief that had sapped the old man’s ability to make sense anymore. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In Frank’s chest, a hard knot of anger and resentment—a lump of grief he’d been carrying since the funeral—finally began to dissolve. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I wish the Ganges could wash the grief from my heart, but it can't. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Tyrion had said the same words to her before, back in Volantis, but she was so far gone in grief back there that he doubted she had heard them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She opened the door dressed in black, her eyes pillowed and heavy with grief. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It was the grief, the cold, the howling of the direwolves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was so overwhelmed with grief that when he himself went down with pneumonia a month or so afterwards, he did not much care whether he lived or died. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z No grief or sorrow lived longer than a day in their little heads—and, who knows, perhaps the mild night air had already made them forget that this was not their own story. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The grief counselor suggested that he try to channel his grief through writing songs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was one of the rare times he was able to talk about his brother even though he was still paralyzed by the grief of losing him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In describing my mother, I say, “Her beauty is the kind which seems to be thrown into relief by grief?’ Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A fog of grief hangs over the sanctuary. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She would not let them see her grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Fumbling to get my shoes on, I felt the same old grief I’d known in church every single Mother’s Day. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “She would surely have come to further grief, for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are deceivers both. They are vile traitors, loyal only to themselves.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Wondering who it was that had been killed, and why his death had aroused so much anger and grief, I began asking questions of some of the older boys at school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This very grief that had twisted her into a curve on the floor and flayed her would be gone. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to find out everything I could about grief. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z By then, numbed by the loss of Sophie Mol, he looked out at everything with a vision smudged with grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What is clear now is that of all of that hope, fear, lust, love, and grief, nothing remains but Pecola and the unyielding earth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks up, eyes swollen with grief, but doesn't speak. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother’s voice took all of the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife, through her terror and horror and distress, saw some sure danger to him: instantly forgetting her own grief, she seized hold of him and cried out:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The twins looked on as their father fought to control his grief. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Clary was always kind to her, and working with the plants took Lina’s mind off her grief. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In some contradictory way grief seemed to have etched on Mercy’s thin face a beauty it had never possessed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He ate almost nothing, he stayed mostly alone, and in this state of grief he fell sick. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z "He is not! He's not the least bit like that old drunken king," she screamed at her sister, forgetting herself in her grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To the young wife who comes in her grief over not being able to have a child, Miss Sadie gives herbs to calm her fears and open her womb. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The red for the world to see meant that our mourning period had ended, that we were beyond our grief. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Somewhere, someone is figuring out how to push back the hood of grief, but Marie-Laure cannot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The pent up horror, grief and humiliation of a lifetime—half a century—was being stripped from me.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In one, his big, good-natured face buckled in grief as Arabella sank in loneliness and despair. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At least the city didn’t mock my grief by being sparkling or winsome. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There were no flowers, as ordered, no ceremony, no sermon, and no grief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then it was like a manageable grief inside me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw that Chester was in his cage, though, and decided that it would be best to keep quiet until Mama’s outburst of grief had subsided. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot looked up at the breathless King, who held out both hands to help him to his feet, and his jealousy and grief were over. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We have crossed the glacier, the dark land of grief. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z With that second sunset, disbelief gave way to pain and grief. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I don't know if there's something physically wrong with her or if grief just broke her and made her lame. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Beyond the fairgrounds’ new fence, turmoil and grief engulfed Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I share your grief, my dear,” he said to her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He refused to buckle under the burden of grief and loss. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I find my anger ebbing away, and I’m lost in muffled grief again, this time not just for Tris, but for Uriah, whose smile is burned into my memory. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to lean over to that old lady and tell her that I was sorry for the stench and that I hoped it didn’t cause her more grief than she was already feeling. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If this year has taught me anything, it’s that grief can destroy a person. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I was glad her son could not hurt anyone ever again, but seeing Nasreen Baji's grief and knowing her pain was partly because of me made me feel an odd sort of guilt. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Like an open code, the brief words hid a world of grief within them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Islam became a part of her life after the unexpected death of her oldest son, and religion became the only way she coped with the debilitating grief. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Horatio may be right. The ghost may be a demon sent to plague your mind with grief,” I said, trying to reason with Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “This is a pretty thing, Belinda!” said Mr. Pocket, returning with a countenance expressive of grief and despair. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Beyond one door, a drunken tenant wailed and sang in the firm grip of either gladness or grief. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z These were the actions I expected a simple woman distracted by grief might display. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I heard a psychologist on a radio talk show once describe the four stages of grief. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart pounds out of my chest, both nerves and anger and grief. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z An article written exclusively for the Saturday Evening Post after the bombing captured the president’s reaction this way: “President Kennedy, echoing the national temper, said he felt a ‘deep sense of outrage and grief.’” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It swelled and swelled until all the loss, all the grief, all the loneliness and self-abasement of her life washed away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He staggered out of the room, drunk with grief, and collapsed in an armchair, weeping like a child. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The weeping had an accidentally contrapuntal harmony, a symphony of grief in the blood-stained kitchen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a sniffle behind me—from cold or grief, I didn’t know—and told my parents, “Someone’s waiting for the phone. I gotta go.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Soon enough there will be sorting and dispersing, but now it’s the museum backdrop for the exhibition of grief. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Not wanting to break in on her mother’s grief, but knowing she must, Lupita asked, ‘Will Señor Aguilar take your job away from you for not reporting to work for two days?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It didn’t do Valentin any favors that the young women he was talking to were still stunned with grief over the loss of their beloved Marina Raskova. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z At sight of the man panting and dying there, she slips down to enfold him, crying out; then feels the spears, prodding her back and shoulders, and goes bound into slavery and grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, good grief,” she suddenly groaned, and flung her bloodied arms down to her side. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “My mother was alive when the Americans liberated our camp. But when she learned that all my brothers and sisters were gone, within a week, she was dead of grief...” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z But now she saw that her brother was trying to escape his grief in a way she hadn’t expected; and she was no longer content to be quiet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That goes double if he has promised to give it active or due consideration. shattered with grief. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Davos would not thank her for it, no more than the boy himself, but it seemed to her that Seaworth had suffered enough grief. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She curled up into a ball on the ground with grief. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She loved him, that she learned once, but the grief still won’t come. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z How could I place all that anger and grief inside her body? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z People just cry and moan with the grief and they think they’re excused from the tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “But it’s out of my control now. I need to let it go, so the grief doesn’t eat me alive.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Throughout the long and con- fused day, wherever I went, I met black people with grief and rage in their eyes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If Perseus felt any grief, at least he knew that his grandfather had done his best to kill him and his mother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, ‘Good grief, what is this? Some kind of joke?’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The other immortals were untouched by lasting grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a dignity to her grief and an acceptance of the fait accompli—the fatalism that the pilot’s wife must beget whenever her mate forsakes her for his aircraft. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Shock had become sorrow had become grief — a gradual thickening. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Two faded images were on the walls: one was of our Blessed Lady, her eyes big with grief, the tiny Holy Child in her arms. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Starks led off with a great eulogy on our departed citizen, our most distinguished citizen and the grief he left behind him, and the people loved the speech. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z ‘For his works fill the heart with loathing; but my heart was filled with grief and pity.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was possible that this woman gave up a baby girl once, a girl with only a dream of a name, and then the grief of it drove her into this place. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It took three full days for the grief to hit me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Delilah isn’t in some denial stage of grief. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But Grace had been pretty whacked out and the all-encompassing grief of loss. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The statue comes to life, and King Leontes is reunited with both his daughter and queen, who has forgiven him for all the heartache and grief he’d caused their family. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He was remorseless, disillusioned, logical, predatory, fierce, pitiless—but his great jewel of an eye was that of a stricken deer, large, fearful, sensitive and full of griefs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The time for grief was short, and the walking began again soon after dark. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Stella once teased me that elephants are superior because they feel more joy and more grief than apes. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Fear drowned out grief and that night we packed clothes and dishes and loaded them into a farmer’s wagon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The stain this has left on my psyche is not the sort of thing that washes off after a few months of grief and guilt-ridden self-reproach. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He remembered how she had stood in silence while Moss wailed in anger and grief, dropping to the cold concrete. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I can’t tell if the tears in my eyes are on account of smoke or grief. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The rest of this story is nothing but grief, ache and endurance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, as though veiled in a private grief, the lawyer wistfully said, “And even after all of that you did nothing to discourage him?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Dazed with grief, Leo and the others carefully loaded the Athena Parthenos into the hold, using the ship’s hydraulic winches with an assist from Frank Zhang, part-time elephant. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The hunger, the slush, the lack of sleep, the constant tension, the grime, the grief, and the cold were all exhausting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “It’d be good for you. Stop you from being totally washed away by grief later on.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Not even the wealth of the Martins could save them from grief: the youngest boy, Lon, survived his bout, as did Sarah, but their mother, who was a faithful nurse to both, did not. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But Claudius was everywhere at once, serious with seeming grief for his brother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But it is selfish of me to share such grief, to take comfort in knowing that they feel the same self-hatred that I do. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Now, in his grief, he seemed almost to want death. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When he was admitted to Procris’ presence, however, her manifest grief, her sad face and subdued manner, came near to making him give up the test he had planned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the days that follow, it’s movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay, so I walk the compound halls instead of sleeping. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Was it, as “Batty” pretends, a mere effusion of grief? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “We are certain you will honor his legacy. For now, like you, we are all sad. We mourn with you and honor your father. We think of you in your grief. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘Weariness, grief for his father’s mood, a wound, and over all the Black Breath,’ said Aragorn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z How long he lay there, racked by grief and misery, he had no way of knowing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At Sophie Mol’s funeral and in the days before Estha was Returned, they saw her swollen eyes, and with the self-centeredness of children, held themselves wholly culpable for her grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his head in his hands, and sat as if bowed with grief. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Good grief, I hope this one doesn’t keep me awake,” said Kate with a sigh. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Portia spoke in a low voice, and she neither paused between words nor did the grief in her face soften. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s been twenty years and for a long time my grief was unabating. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I put aside my own grief to rescue him from his. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Alcyone learned what he was planning she was overwhelmed with grief and terror. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe because the message is still fighting its way through the grief and guilt to get to her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And no ship’s company can claim to have passed her without loss and grief; she takes, from every ship, one man for every gullet. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “My home,” he said, raising his head, his eyes red, with grief, with shame, with anger. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z It was during the earliest days in Peshawar, amid the horror and grief, that my father asked my mother, “Is this my fault?” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It felt like a betrayal, and for a moment her need for Wash was bigger even than her grief. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His grief hung around us like humidity, seeping into my skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Fuxi bellowed a sound of grief, a thunder that shook the heavens and four new mountains of the earth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Like the pale moon, I wane, weary of seeing the world’s grief, and I wax again, burdened with life. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Oh, good grief. Just do me a favor. If you get sent to the Waiting Room, tell Sticky I said hello.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z This mix of letters and pictographs caused some grief for earlier interpreters. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening the Joseph Bell rang out a message of sadness and grief to Redwall Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I discover that writing is like applying leeches to my mind, curing its grief and drawing out humors that cloud my understanding. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even though I did not understand her entire story, I understood her grief. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were bloodshot as usual, and his pudgy face was flushed, but he looked like he was suffering from grief more than wine-withdrawal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This time she wept with no other emotion than grief, profound, debilitating, humble grief, forgetting all about him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z On the way to Corbin Lancelot had a strange adventure, which he remembered for many years with awful grief. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I begged for an answer, riding my own wave of grief at his cruel rejection. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her eyes were hard, shining with fury and grief. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The sprawling Tudor monstrosity in the plutocrats’ retreat of Tuxedo Park, New York, had been built at the turn of the century by a wealthy banker and abandoned amid the grief of a family tragedy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z People might comment, especially Saint Sarah, who makes it her business to pounce on evidences of grief, bereavement, any occurrence that mars the tra-la-la-la gaiety of everyday life. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Then a still greater grief entered Demeter’s heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When his father disappeared, his mother did not show any surprise or any violent grief, but a sudden change came over her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "My own grief is thatl must wait a while to hang you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So Wilson was reduced to a man "deranged by grief" in order that the case might remain in its simplest form. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But without any light they would soon have come to grief. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And his voice was abruptly full of ancient grief. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I do not remember experiencing great grief so much as feeling cut adrift. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He pictures Henry, a teenager, back-broken with grief and told to keep it and the rest of him shut up tight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he really gets it. He knew people would give me grief. But he told me I had to be stronger. I mean, having people laugh is nothing compared to surviving a possession.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z ‘Yet our grief is great and our loss cannot be mended,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Leah fell to her knees in a demonstration of grief on Our Father’s behalf. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s just Reggie now, and his grief, five hundred students absorbed in it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His smile looks more like a grimace, twisted as it is by grief. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Now hearing these details—minutely true— she felt more strangely moved, and tears flowed until she had tasted her salt grief again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He is too damaged by grief to be in the public eye. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She was a pale husk of a woman, every line of her face etched with grief. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She climbed off her chair and came over to me where I stood, leaning against the clapboard, shaking with tears of anger, grief—who knew what or for whom? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But it seemed to her now that it was not a fist-shaking grief they were keening but rather a simple obligation to say something, do something, feel something about the dead. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s grief for his brother was as real as if it were a stranger who lived with us, a stranger who had taken my place in the center of the universe. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Jackie tried not to make a public show of her grief, trying to eat, not eating, shaking, trying not to shake, and thinking: How am I going to do this alone? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief, up to facing the difficulties that life has put in my path. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Alacran was with them, and for the first time Matt saw signs of real grief on someone’s face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She gnawed like a rat into the godown of Chacko’s grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z All the world was grief and confusion that day. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Not everything had a cause, and pretending otherwise was an interference in the workings of the world that was futile, and could even lead to grief. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If they’d left more space between the old cabins and the new cabins it would have spared a lot of grief over the years. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But even more she was tom with pity for Mercy, whose grief could not find an oudet in a tear or word. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She looked up at me, her eyes large with compassion, with understanding of the solitude and incivility of grief. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On Harry dug, deeper and deeper into the hard, cold earth, subsuming his grief in sweat, denying the pain in his scar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z That I wasn’t part of every mistake that’s led us to right now, January 17, with all its sins and griefs to bear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is natural for grief to disorder the mind for a time,” I said evenly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Devastated people were scattered across the fields, our friends, neighbors, and relatives, facing unthinkable grief. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “You have clear vision, don’t you? You remind me of another mortal girl I once knew. Another princess who came to grief” “Enough games,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The rest could run away and come to grief as they might. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Or how about this one: The bereaved family covered the mirrors as a reflection of its grief. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a breeze would move her bright hair, or she would raise her eyes, and Adam would swell out in his stomach with a pressure of ecstasy that was close kin to grief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He could feel the grief rising again and he wanted her body against his, any bit of comfort. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But on the last Sunday of that April, a Sunday of sunlight and bright sky, Jethro lay in the grass on Walnut Hill, and rage mingled with the grief in his heart. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Again I feel guilt and grief clawing inside me, warring with each other for dominance, but terror is stronger than both. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I was weak and scared and trembling with grief. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I am surprised that grief for Therese does not shake me, though the image of her lifeless body is fresh in my mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He could keep himself from blubbering, but there was nothing he could do about the grief that welled up inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mother had become old with grief, but she cried with happiness when she saw her children again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, Ophelia, that nothing is as it seems at Elsinore. Gertrude wept as the rites were read, and I believe her grief was real, but Claudius betrayed neither satisfaction nor sorrow.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They went in despairing grief, leaving the lovely helpless creature to meet her doom alone, and they shut themselves in their palace to mourn all their days for her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not seem to feel any grief at abandoning Johnny, who sat disconsolately on his bed watching Rab. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If she flung herself from the window, she could put an end to her suffering, and in the years to come the singers would write songs of her grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But he had returned to a grief and a fear. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Unperturbed, with no show of grief, for so a king ought to take news of a subject’s death,” she replied with the merest hint of bitterness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He expressed his grief over his brother’s death and his consolation in the knowledge that James was in heaven united with their mother and father. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “His sympathy with the grief spoiled his observation,” one of his other sons later wrote about him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably the same women who gave my parents grief for sending us to public school instead of a private Islamic school. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Like a bullet, like an explosion of gunpowder and grief and guilt and rage, Sefia launched herself across the desk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z These same qualities would cause me a lot of unnecessary heartbreak and grief in most of my adult relationships, but in high school, they set guys like Evan apart from the jocks and drama geeks. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "Surely the affairs of the kingdom will keep till the morrow, when our grief is not so fresh." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To his surprise, the She Elephant’s face twisted with grief. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The lullaby of grief enveloped him, rocked him, and at last numbed him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She showed no trace of grief or guilt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah. His last album is sooo mournful. It lets me release my grief in small, beautiful doses.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I sink to the floor, overcome with grief and guilt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Later still, when I overcame my grief and came to have nothing in my heart but loathing despair, my youngest aunt told me of others. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Her husband sat straight-backed on the chair beside her, his eyes hard and flat, the lines of his face cut sharp by grief. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It spread in the space between her panic and grief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I think about Angelina’s sacrifice for her daughter, its ending in loss, her grief. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They could roost like vultures in the trees, birds that bring the famine of grief into unprepared homes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On my family: My mother buries her grief in her work. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I understood that grief and love were close cousins, for from his loss Hamlet finally spoke the words I had longed to hear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Looking around this untouched room at the heart of the house, I understand the grief that made him lock it up for so long. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And suddenly the dam inside me burst, and grief gushed out in a torrent. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It hung between grief and yearning, and it welled from a deep ache for something that Pax could never divine. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He could barely get the words out, the next few minutes halting in presentation, and in that way, and substance, the high-school-essay nature melted away to core grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I am impatient to be gone from here. Spiral Castle has brought me only grief; I have no wish to see it again.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps she had come to register a death, and her words merely the lonely lashings-out of grief, but he felt the familiar tightening of panic in his chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They elevated me from all littleness of feeling, and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillised it. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z I had spent a lot of guilt and grief over the death of those dratted cats. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Here is the thing about my grief: It's like a very messy room in a house where the electricity has gone out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Laying it on the dresser, I felt a wave of grief for Granny, wishing she could be here today, with us eating on the good china and all. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Billy could not imagine how the curtain was supported in nothingness, and he supposed that the magic curtain and the theatrical grief were part of some religious ceremony he knew nothing about. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And each time, he displayed the same level of grief, what people who heard him would characterize as inescapable sincerity. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But guilt was as much a part of his life as cold, hunger, and grief. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It all seemed like a nightmare to her now, everything since Bran's fall, a terrible dream of blood and grief, but she had the pain in her hands to remind her that it was real. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When the lad cried out that he would never be left behind, that he scorned life in comparison with death in so glorious an attempt, Nisus felt only grief and dismay. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t falling into the mikveh—that was grief and exhaustion. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “So much grief packed into one wagon,” she said tearfully. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And on the faces in the crowd he saw anger, grief, suspicion, fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Good grief, baby, people don’t agree with the Klan, but they certainly don’t try to prevent them from puttin’ on sheets and making fools of themselves in public.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z These traits would surface in later life to bring him a lot more grief than a damaged nose. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She shrugged, as if it could somehow diminish the grief he still saw in her eyes, shining so bright in the firelight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The king nodded, his head hanging with great grief. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Taisin saw the sadness that dragged at his shoulders; his ashen face, drawn with grief. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The few problems I had with black folks were nothing compared to the grief white folks dished out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The air went out of Moss, and with it went all of the grief that had been piling up inside of his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It mixed up gladness, grief, and guilt into an intolerable brew. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He took off those glasses, and it seemed to me that for the first time I saw the depth of his grief. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A wholly different fever followed upon her family’s recovery, an illness of weakness and grief. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Mankind’s chief hope of escaping the wrath of whatever divinities were then abroad lay in some magical rite, senseless but powerful, or in some offering made at the cost of pain and grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not taking my chances again,” Njemile said, ripping down a poster about the stages of grief. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There, on the high ridge of the Ajo Mountains, Matt gave himself over to grief. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The baby weighed less than Precious Coins, but was a lot more grief. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I am sitting up in my bunk, writing my last entry in the little space left, and sobbing in the quiet way you leam in prison so you don’t add to anyone else’s grief. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was short and wild as porcupine quills, his face starved and sallow with grief. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “The union wants to give the factory workers three days off with pay for grief leave, like if a family member dies.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “You did what you had to do, right? To save us from being Erudite slaves. She’ll see that eventually. When the grief fades.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “You boys are crazy with grief. Kitty had two sons, and I know it because we talked all the time. Why are you trying to confuse me on the day of her funeral?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I looked up at Hamlet’s noble countenance, his wide, intelligent brow now furrowed with grief. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z While there were no witnesses, police determined from evidence at the scene that Smith, crazed with grief and rage, then turned the gun on himself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When he turned back to them, his face was drawn with grief. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was the dead way he spoke, so flat, so coated with grief, that made me crumple the letter and throw it across the room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She sensed the layers of his grief—he would never know how Mama had died and would always struggle with old resentments—but she did not feel connected to his mourning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It would be impossible for Papa to vanish from the earth without an explosion of grief from the air itself. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I must have sinned and hence brought the grief upon myself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His voice was thick with grief, and Dany was reluctant to press him any further, yet she had to know how it ended. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The news and emotions and the grief and despair on top of her own emotions and grief and despair. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Balked for the second time, the passion of his grief had found another outlet, was transformed into a passion of agonized rage. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “We didn’t speak at Jesse’s funeral—I was too bound up in my own grief to be concerned with yours. I hope you can forgive me.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Evelyn was distraught, and the only thing that helped temper my own grief was trying to alleviate hers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The blotched and sagging face twisted grotesquely into the grimace of extreme grief. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z When she could not sleep she lay under her blankets shivering with grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Perhaps his sister wanted to spare them what was possibly only a small grief, for they were really suffering quite enough already. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Me as a young boy in Masitala village, no doubt plotting some mischief to cause my mother grief. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Teachers don’t do nothing but cause you grief, I swear that’s all they do. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The presence of Clyde’s gun should have terrified her, but a wave of grief swelled for Mr. Griswold’s current uncertain state, followed by a tsunami of anger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z On March 10, AT 3:50 p.m., justice was served in a maelstrom of emotion, grief, and a nagging uncertainty that had plagued these people since it all began. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I slam into the stone again and again, remembering how Noah’s grief filled the whole house, every corner, every crevice. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Not only was I in fear of being found and made subject to the stewards wrath, I was still engulfed by grief at my mothers death. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z At a loss for words, she gently rubbed her cousin’s shoulder and reflected that Jackson and Pierrot alone could not be responsible for such grief; she remembered there was other sorrow in Lola’s life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I hoped they would think that I had lost my wits through grief. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He saw his father pleading with the king, his face etched with grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Pelias had forced Jason’s father to kill himself and his mother had died of grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It explained in no small measure the depth of her grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Fie told Montana about the four guards who, in their astonishment and grief, resembled a barbershop quartet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Teenie fell to the ground, yelling her grief to the sky. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She just continued to express her grief in private. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The grief took him by the throat and squeezed and would not let go. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, because there were no longer any eyes to perceive it, the color was gone, and the fifth April had become, like her four older sisters, a time of grief and desolation. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The glacier and the dark land of grief will always be there behind us. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z No one comprehended that really he was ill, that grief had made him so, that grief had drawn a circle around him he could not escape from and others could not enter—except possibly Sue. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Anger floods over my grief at having to talk about this. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I remembered the pain of my own mother’s death—grief, loneliness, uncertainty in my aunt and uncle’s house... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The cousins had so much and yet they still went out of their way to cause Ophie grief. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Nor did she appear to be afflicted by grief, or any other feeling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The war had brought too much grief to too many people. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Good grief, shouldn’t think a blaggard like you ever had a mother,” Basil sniffed disdainfully. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The grief washed over her, swept her up, tossed her upside down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Uncle Al climbs onto the bench with the driver, practically collapsing with grief. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His voice, which had earlier been low and sinuous, now gave a loud drawn-out howl, as if of grief. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Those were not the days of trauma teams and school grief counseling—especially not for black people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He did his thing, and he was feeling very low, the strain and grief pouring out of him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Tragic story. Forbidden love, pursuit, death, grief, and pain.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Five of them would die, but that would not make her grief easier to bear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Later I wrote more, my grief muffled but not eased by the passage of time. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that I was just as shaken and horrified as everyone else; no one believed my grief. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He nestled in her arms, and she knew she would rather the than let them be parted and face that sadness again; it would send her mad with grief and terror. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She was engulfed in the enormity of the Queen’s grief. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z So they tried to sink the loss in booze, and silence their grief with war stories about their courage, defending the land they had already lost. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The night sky out here in Kansas is somehow plenty bright to read, and as always, a kind of pain blooms in my chest, part homesick and part grief. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But I was surprised at the wanton display of grief which spewed forth once his death became official. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And when the well of grief is momentarily dry, he steps forward and kisses me on the forehead. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A mix of feelings churned in Percy’s gut—grief, sadness, gratitude, and guilt thickening into emotional cement. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Everything that had happened before this—the ship, the chevra kadisha, the grief and anger—it all felt like preparation for this single moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He stood to his full height, his face regal behind the lines of grief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When they came into the glade they halted in amazement; and then they stood a moment with heads bowed in grief, for it seemed to them plain what had happened. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the night there were cries of grief. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z So I looked up the word “grief” in the dictionary. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone, suddenly, had known him; everyone was deranged with grief; everyone was just going to have to try and get on as well as they could without him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I get that there isn’t always an easy fix for grief. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It had become a little harder with every grief she felt, and lately there had been grief enough in Elinor's life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Do I believe what I am seeing? What brilliance. What taste. Good grief.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With a look that was part grief and part disgust, he left the bedchamber. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Good grief,” he remarked, “this obituary might scare some of these old folks to death.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To smile at the sheer loveliness that pressed in from the windows and touched his grief, making it a pleasure to behold. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I could see now that his grief was dark and odd. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As to my own will or conscience, impassioned grief had trampled one and stifled the other. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A flicker of grief crossed the mate’s face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Good grief,” said Sticky, “do you have to drag out everybody’s sad tales? Why don’t you leave him in peace?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I will not be hindered by an Assistant Pig-Keeper, who seems eager to bring himself to grief.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He felt helplessly weak, the kind of weakness that came with illness, with grief. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They had found him still holding her body, silent with grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My heart was light with Hrothgar’s goodness, and leaden with grief at my own bloodthirsty ways. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A procession of suppliants climbed the knoll on bare, bloodied knees to show their devotion or purge their grief or beg forgiveness in the slow tearing of flesh and bone. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll be back soon. Please keep the broth from coming to grief.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z What if I did not love the child who would remind me of my greatest grief, the loss of its father’s love? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Later Neel concluded that the high death rate was in part due to grief and despair, rather than the virus itself. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “It’s sad, all right,” I said to my uncle, successfully quelling the wave of grief that surged up from my heart. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He’s sent to the floor, a pure mess of grief. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z We stand in silence for a little while, and I’m grateful for his presence, which keeps me from being overwhelmed by grief. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My face is frozen and fractured in a witch’s snarl of grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "Okaaay. I see the concept of human interaction is new to you, but if you don't come to the principal's office, she'll blame me, and I don't need any more grief right now." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z ‘But you come with tidings of grief and danger, as is your wont, they say.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Insane with grief, tears boiling from her reddened eyes, she would probably tear my corpse from the coffin, screaming drunkenly, “Don’t take him! Why do the sweetest flowers wither and fall from the stem?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1871, just when it appeared that Mary was recovering from her considerable grief, her eighteen-year-old son, Tad, died of a mysterious heart condition. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, it’s too bad,” said Sticky, though not quite convincingly, for at the moment he rather wished he couldn’t remember his own past, given the grief it brought him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “It is. Underground. The mountain is on fire under our feet. Like before. When it erupted. My mother and I—” His voice caught, his grief erupting suddenly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I figured Carl was going to give me grief about not crabbing this summer and all those pots going to waste settin’ there by the shed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z His deep grief he kept to himself, and would not undermine it now with this softening hope: Bodger was dead; Luath almost certainly so; and his conviction was steady and unalterable. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The grief tore at David and his parents. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Either his joy at the success of his voyage put every other thought out of his head, or his grief for Ariadne. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Full-force grief I have no chance pulling myself out of without time, which we know I don’t have. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z That the people in the audience have likely felt grief and confusion and powerlessness. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They crowded into her darkened room, throwing open the windows, singing hymns and praying over the grieving woman-child, exorcising the demon of grief and calling Ann back to the world in Jesus’ name. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a scarcity of social invitations and phone calls, as my parents’ friends grew afraid to call a house that existed in a limbo between exhilaration and grief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Thalia was stiff with grief, tears streaming down her cheeks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I sensed that these strange new visions came from the same overwhelming grief that had led me to spot my father everywhere during those months. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Don’t ask me why I care, especially when the grief is coming from a punk like Wesley. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After all the action and mental strain, travel and grief, he felt suddenly reborn, larger than life and brimming with new-found self-confidence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I’m strapped to my bed, mad with rage and grief after the rescue. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z For a moment, desire and relief were greater than grief. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Though not nearly so spectacular, this manifestation of grief for Bunny was in many ways a similar phenomenon—an affirmation of community, a formulaic expression of homage and dread. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I recognized the look on his face—it was nearly identical to the grief he’d worn at the rest stop, talking about his own camp. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was heavy with grief and anger, and he allowed the world to pull him down onto the sidewalk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I cry with horror that all the family has been burdened by me, and even more with being the cause of so much grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Very lucky. I got enough grief for a broken nose. I’d never have heard the end of a lost head.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “He’s avoiding the grief, not treating it. If I’m his solution, he’ll never really get over her death.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I decided to walk away from grief, if only for today. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I wanted to turn and go away, to leave her with her grief. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z You wish to know that your grief is happening on a local level, not on a national one. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Her smile was joyous, but the joy was fringed with grief. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the grief yearning scent was strongest, none of his tricks would work. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then came a loud burst of grief from the crowd. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Roosevelt kept his mind and body in constant motion, trying to fend off his grief and depression. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Distracted by grief, Milton had been going only twenty-five. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "I need to start back to the castle. If you do not come with me, I may lose my way for grief, and all the islands would be poorer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We landed, to lie down in that place two days and nights, worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A mixture of both guilt and grief constricted the words in Koffi's throat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was soundless weeping free from hysterics, unrelated even to grief. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was cold, but she was the same sweet woman as ever: I spoke to her gently, caressed her, and slept awhile when weariness overcame my grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t bother mentioning that lately what was threatening to do me in didn’t feel much like grief. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But I will say this for him—he never enchanted away our grief or took our voices. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I see my griefs begin to sink below the waves, and I ride the crest in hope. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Good grief. Is this smut supposed to be comedy?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The tale had humor and grief, and I enjoyed telling it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She finally found freedom after four decades of unbearable grief. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Kamala was speaking seriously, and grief and weariness were concealed behind her words. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The grief wasn’t only happening at the foundation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I try avoiding the grief section, but two books catch my eye. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer returned to Los Alamos, feeling what he described to a friend as “a profound grief, and a profound perplexity about the course we should be following.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, I had no knowledge of the grief process, clinical depression, or survivor’s guilt syndrome. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I make to-do lists and check them off, trying to keep myself busy, swallowing my grief and pain so my parents don’t get consumed by theirs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t have thought grief could find me here in this place. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When the wheels finally ceased spinning, I reached for the door handle, a spike of total and complete grief cutting through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "Robert," Ned said in a voice thick with grief, "you must not do this. Don't die on me. The realm needs you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The crowd had almost dispersed now, the stragglers giving the monumental figure of Grawp a wide berth as he cuddled Hagrid, whose howls of grief were still echoing across the water. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He spoke as if he knew nothing of my grief and mistreatment. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She wanted him to cry and cry until he dislodged the pain that clogged his throat, until he rinsed away his sullen grief. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Good grief,” she said, for she had no choice but to swim right through them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Each time, I would be handed the same set of note cards to read, be faced with the same expressions of hope and deep grief from the crowd. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "Are you the kind of person who seeks out grief? Or do you just like that book?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There are degrees of obsession, of awareness, of grief, of insanity. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He felt no triumph in the discovery, though, recalling later: “That night, there was very little doubt in my mind that the world was headed for grief.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She had said this so matter-of-factly that I thought she had long since gotten over any grief she had. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The remembrance of her imminent departure wracks my old body with grief, but it’s quickly displaced by joy—I am now close enough to hear the music thumping from the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z My only two friends tried to rid me of the grief in my soul, They had lunch with me, played golf with me, challenged me to games of dominoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “How did she die? Father, tell me yourself. Do not hide your grief from me.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When Elizabeth reported that Emma was still very much in grief, an aunt wrote, “We are disappointed at your account of dear Emma.... However, we must have patience and wait.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I cannot believe such monstrous energy of grief can lead to nothing! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard retreated to Ridgewood and remained secluded there for months, prostrate with grief. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman’s voice was full of grief, of fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The mother’s strength was no match for her grief. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Though Müller would be delighted to have Kemmerich's boots, he is really quite as sympathetic as another who could not bear to think of such a thing for grief. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They were cursing as they struggled to swallow their grief. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “But not in a butcher shop, honey,” Mrs. Reilly said, her voice heavy with grief. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I slept in rain or sun, on soft grass, moist earth, or sharp stones with an intensity of indifference that only grief can promote. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The grief and pain that he had done nothing to stop it, even though he didn’t know how. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Matthew’s taking deep breaths, pain Noise and grief Noise dripping everywhere, and fury, too, at losing control so publicly. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Finished waiting for May and finished waiting for all his grief to dry up and leave him. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a look that caused Fang a fair amount of grief during his formative years. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Good grief! I never looked at it that way. Very good, young one. Maybe the answer is in the next two lines. What do they say?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I wanted to run to her and comfort her and tell her how sorry I was for all the worry and grief I had caused her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To simulate gravity, feign grief and pretend supernatural intelligence of the hereafter in so fearsome and arcane a circumstance as death seemed the most criminal of offenses. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Good grief,” Ignatius gasped, feeling for the door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Stricken with grief, Rostam hears his son’s dying words: If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He smiles a giddy smile, and I feel the urge to back away, to put more space between me and his impending grief. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z "Your grief is mine, Cat," he said when they broke apart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was rejoicing in Troy that night, but grief and despair in the Greek camp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I will end there the grief and the anguish of life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After fleeing across the burning bridge, Frear went directly to where his sister-in-law’s house had been, his heart filled with grief. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Even though we no longer wore black outer clothes, we continued to wear black underpants as a sign of lingering grief. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z "Take the children. Fill her halls with noise and shouts and laughter. That boy of hers needs other children about him, and Lysa should not be alone in her grief." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “God knows, it is natural to mourn your father, but do not let your grief destroy your reason,” pleaded Horatio, taking my hand in his. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z So why does everything bring on a fresh pang of grief? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ivanito called to her from the bus window with eyes that strafed her with grief. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned to trust the grief of persons who showed no emotion. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I pray this grief of yours will soon abate and that you will return to your usual self.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was all color, painted at random, but none of it highlighted his grief. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Nana brought her a glass of milk and honey, understanding in a flash the reason for her grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear, my dear. I hate to cause you grief, but you must end your friendship with her.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Leaned against the wall, let the grief out. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z How could she know that Mama and Baba would die of grief if I ever said anything about Halloween? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Are you? It couldn’t possibly have been ‘good grief’! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But Eril-Fane was trapped in his own shock and grief, and kept his great arms to himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At once the children turned back to one another, their feud abandoned in the face of her grief. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The rawness of Edna’s grief made her helpless, brought the urge to stretch her hand into the past and reverse history. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The poor woman had lost her mind and soon afterward Trueba lost his patience, fed up with finding in his food the hairs she had torn from her head in her unending grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They had a locker room in the glass factory where we changed and put on our work aprons, and I hung up the phone and went in there and howled out my grief. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Their grief was inarticulate, still entangled in their shock. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Lizzie’s health grew even worse, as if grief were its own disease. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That was when I understood the depth of the pain I had caused, the blackness of the grief I had brought onto everyone, that not even Ali’s paralyzed face could mask his sorrow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The weeping willows were bare but still massive and threw up their twisted arms like women in grief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is horrible; there is no way to describe how horrible, having this grief and this shame and this responsibility and having it be so public. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z All the pain and grief and worry had left his face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel and his companions had suffered extremes of grief and horror during the telling of Holly’s tale. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For that brief moment, Lazlo felt a tremor of the quaking grief within her: that she had not been able to keep her child safe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She felt tremors of grief run through the old woman’s body. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Louisiana’s grandmother had a tissue in her hand, and she waved it back and forth in front of her face and said to no one in particular, “I am positively prostrate with grief.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She unfolded it halfway to tuck RiRi’s soft blankie inside and then folded it back over, her grief inside grief like the blankets themselves. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I yelled, and the boy looked at me, expression distant and caught somewhere between grief and horror. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She had been terribly grateful that summer for Madame Williams’s indifference; the woman had simply not seemed to see that Elizabeth, overnight, had become an old woman and was half mad with fear and grief. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z All the grief has been burned out of me, she told herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That they may not languish in unavailing grief,” he said in a slightly amplified voice, “nor sorrow as those who have no hope, but through their tears look always up to Thee....” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “And neither does he. Imagine, if you will, what it will be like if they both remain but don’t get back together. August is simply beside himself with grief.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It had been a full year since they lost their dad, about the time people start to get past their grief, but no one, it seemed, had bothered to tell that to Will’s family. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Apollo watched the transformation with dismay and grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her immediate, reeling perception was of a radical, Picasso-like perspective in which tears, rimmed and bloated eyes, wet lips and raw, unblown nose blended in a crimson moistness of grief. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We knew we had to acknowledge the events in some way and give the people an outlet for their anger and grief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside those bodies so lately young and strong, she sank down motionless in stony grief, dumb as a stone and her heart like a stone within her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As Loretta steers her around Dupont Circle and down Massachusetts Avenue, Annabelle feels the wind, the force, the guiding light, the history, the story, the exhaustion and the grief and the triumph of the crossing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Still, as Koffi stared at the piece, a strange sort of grief undulated inside her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes the pain of our grief would break through the surface and threaten the fragile friendships we were nurturing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Her hope could not survive the grief she saw in him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “When I saw that expression on your face, that grief. I look for that.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She grieved a while and her grief changed her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And they were filled with grief and wonder at the tale that he told. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Ben licks his lips and I can feel unsteadiness in his Noise and hunger and grief at what he’s already imagining is our next parting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There’s no such thing as plain joy or grief. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Mom’s attention flicked back to me, her eyes thickened by the clouds of pain and grief she usually kept above us, out of sight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying there, Kiowa admired Lieutenant Jimmy Cross’s capacity for grief. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The gears in my head, creaky from grief, suddenly began to turn again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her grief and loneliness, the burden of being both mother and father, she relegated to the privacy of their house on Mimosa Crescent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The doctor, who knew that grief had to work itself out, patted him on his head and left quietly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her life was a blur of grief and humdrum, punctuated by periodic court hearings. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Tori is not screaming, but wailing, the whole of her grief escaping through her mouth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My whole body sinks onto her bed, still with her comb in my hand and with the scent of cigarette smoke, alcohol, sweat, pain, and grief on the tips of my fingers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z ‘It is a joy to us to see you return into your own. Never again shall it be said, Gandalf, that you come only with grief!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Not the desperate kind—the one you’d hear when someone was terrified or hurt or even out of their head with grief. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I set aside my grief and began hoping and planning. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Summer's howls were long and sad, full of grief and longing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If only he was better occupied, if only he had something to do in which the moments of grief that sneaked up on him could be immersed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was linked to them by the same grief, and he knew he would be welcomed in this valley if he chose to stay. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Idle and withdrawn in her grief and shame, she whittled away the days making lace for nothing, reading her newspapers, tossing them on the floor, picking them up again. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Which means his old books and video games remind him of grief and loss and of not living up to Matt’s legacy. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was so like Emma to bear her grief alone, to hold it inside and be strong for the others, who were crying inconsolably. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And I saw in their faces what had been in Dismay’s eyes in that last moment I’d seen him—grief and fear and hope and love somehow woven together, somehow connected. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A “major key” music piece communicates cheer, while a “minor key” mirrors grief. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Susan spoke quietly, full of the dulled grief of mourning a person she had never known. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z For a moment, grief flicked across Tanin’s face like a cloud passing over the moon. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Lord Rickard Karstark, gaunt and hollow-eyed in his grief, took his seat like a man in a nightmare, his long beard uncombed and unwashed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Your sister is sick with grief. She cannot know what she is saying." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You called the hospice? You talked to a grief counselor? Jesus. Don’t you have the lake to worry about?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Nhamo lay in a fit of grief with her eyes squeezed shut. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When we arrived, my aunt was crying loudly, her face contorted with grief. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Evelyn is in that city, and Marcus, and all the grief and nightmares and bad memories, and the factions that kept me trapped inside one version of myself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “She wants to die. What madness holds her in its thrall? What grief moves her to want to end her life?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When I raised my face again, there was such a ghastly look upon Miss Havisham’s, that it impressed me, even in my passionate hurry and grief. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z For Jesse—careful to avoid language that suggested emotion, never angry but “irritated,” never hurt but “disappointed”—this came close to an expression of grief. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Older boys at the post office say you have to play your cards right to get the grief tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There, back beyond our island, a ship under full sail had come to grief in the storm. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z All around men turned their heads, because the bloody field was less horrible to look upon than Lyra’s grief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They swayed, for the rivulets of grief or of ecstasy must be rocked. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon when I was still a little crazy with grief, I ran out of Mama’s house, barefoot, with Jacqueline in my arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood quite still, holding the miraculous paper in his nerveless fingers while inside him a kind of quiet eruption sent joy and grief thundering in equal measure through his veins. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z City officials would send out teams of crisis counselors to the Birmingham schools to talk with the students and help them cope with their confusion, anger, and grief. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And for a few moments I had relief from the great blanketing grief that was constantly crushing me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tricking someone into grief is one of the cruelest tricks a person can play, and it’s been played on me twice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z By and by, the king’s wife succumbed to grief, as did the mother of the young prince. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “If he could come—’’ cried Will, desperate to end her grief, but the boatman shook his head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly, his grief over Pond’s death overpowered him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Even in church, a place where many people seek solace in times of grief and sorrow, families often keep secret the imprisonment of their children or relatives. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My academic failures had forced her to go through the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z "You ought to be ashamed of such talk, my lords. Where is your grief? Your uncle is dead." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z People talk about the pain of grief, but I don’t know what they mean. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It is always a queer shock, part a sudden upwelling of grief, part unaccountable amazement. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This helped to distract him from his grief and his anxieties about his other children. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good grief! You were communicating with the spirit of Stork margarine all those years.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All her misery was in the words, her terror and her pain of long ago, her grief for her child, the burden of the secret she had carried through the years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Laertes ground his fists into his forehead, shaking with grief, while Gertrude made an effort to console him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I guess you could say she adapted to her grief with imagination. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She was strengthened, emboldened, by the madness of grief and she fought off everyone who tried to hold her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I can’t be with him in that way if one of my reasons for wanting it is to distract myself from grief. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The magic horn had become so attuned to her emotions it could amplify her anger, love or grief and spew forth its bounty accordingly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was hate, but there was grief and shame mixed up in it, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But it was another tragedy in her life that deepened the abyss of shame and grief she'd readily succumbed to. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They were dressed in black, silent and dry-eyed, as befits the norms of sadness in a country accustomed to the dignity of grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And I run and run because I am filled with grief and sorrow, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When my half-brother Wayne was killed in Vietnam, I was able to handle the grief of his loss by writing about it for Essence magazine. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I do not wish to drown my grief in cold water.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He recalled, then, the sound of Gwyn the Hunter’s horn and the memory of it filled him with grief and fear. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z An investigator wrote in his notes, “This may have been real grief or...for effect.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But since the girls’ arrest, we were all too numb to feel or talk of any other grief. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked from the anchor to the citadel, and his horror deepened, a new layer added to the grief of this doom: the daughter who had survived all these years, only to die now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At length they came back to the Steward’s Door, and Beregond looked with grief at the porter. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I was overcome with grief at the thought of leaving them behind. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you know, it was all so painful for your mother. For your father, too. I think that the only way your mother could deal with the grief was not to have any reminders around.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z His spirit was not in it, but the work routine helped his grief. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was gone he was overwhelmed with grief and decreed that she should have the most magnificent of funerals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He feels the magnitude of his brothers grief, reading between the lines. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But nothing came of giving way to grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z For a quarter of a century he had remembered the night with grief, and it had been with him through all the searches for the Grail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been a fool, a drunken fool, when the man he cared for was crushed with grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a grief to see the best of Zairean genius and diplomacy spent on bare survival, while fortunes in diamonds and cobalt are slipped daily out from under our feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Childish griefs are never lasting. In a few days, she’ll forget that awful robot ever existed.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Harry felt that nothing but action would assuage his feelings of guilt and grief and that he ought to set out on his mission to find and destroy Horcruxes as soon as possible. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I saw all the worry and grief leave her eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His shock and grief would never compare with that of the first responders who’d rushed in to secure the building and evacuate survivors from the carnage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His mother said, “A grief counselor?” as if his father suggested he speak to a witch doctor. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The mood of depression both in the staff room and in this hall tell me that this grief is shared by all of us.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Baba stood up, a sheen of grief across his face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If only he had not tried to cross the occupied roads, he would not be so gaunt and withdrawn now; his grief would not be burdened by failure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And she’s the only person I could have asked, to tell me about life’s importance, to help me understand my grief. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His daughter Annie—the eldest, and his favorite—contracted an infection and died, leaving Darwin numb with grief. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I’ve heard people say grief brings you closer, but the griefs he and I carry are so different. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at her, and being a man whom pity deeply stirred, it seemed to him that her loveliness amid her grief would pierce his heart. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "You are the gentle sex," said Lord Karstark, with the lines of grief fresh on his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It lived in Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, who channeled some part of her grief over losing her daughter into fighting for better gun laws. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Her sadness, her grief over her lost children, overwhelmed her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But it was not grief that Olanna felt, it was greater than grief. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It seemed as if I wanted to sustain my grief, to assure myself that I had cared deeply enough. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I feed myself with the old grief, wondering how disappointed my mother must have been. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She lost her and in her terrible grief she withheld her gifts from the earth, which turned into a frozen desert. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As for these strange episodes, they were the product of grief, the kind that teetered dangerously close to madness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He slumped back, and because no one was there to see, he opened his mouth to give oudet to his overpowering grief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But, despite that, Reggie still wrestled with the guilt; he didn’t want to give up the grief too easily. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “The grief counselor said it would be good to get a change of scenery. Some fresh air, work around the farm. Who knows, maybe you’ll find out you were meant to work the land.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z ‘At first we were weary and danger was too close behind; and afterwards we almost forgot our grief for a time, as we walked in gladness on the fair paths of Lórien.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Free to feel whatever he felt—fear, guilt, shame, love, grief, pity. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The woman’s grief is understandable, Hiram, but she’s got no cause to blame all of us for what a couple redneck peckerwoods did in the middle of the night.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Siddhartha treated him with consideration and left him alone, for he respected his grief. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Madame,” said I, ”’twas far from our intention to intrude upon the grief of any; but believing the house unoccupied, we wished to take shelter here for a few hours before resuming our journey. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I have learned how to fend off grief. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But the flowers, the smell, the movement of the leaves persist, rich, mesmerizing, desolating, infused with grief. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Jam could see a whole river of things in his face, currents shifting and swelling, vacillating from grief to fury. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He looked over to the wings, saw Eugenia still bent with grief. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He’ll withdraw for hours or days, and Alex comes to understand this as grief time, little bouts of depression, or times of “too much.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Now that they’d found Lyra, the angel had begun to withdraw back into his grief: he was silent, distracted, and sullen. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The bells in the seven towers of the Great Sept of Baelor had tolled for a day and a night, the thunder of their grief rolling across the city in a bronze tide. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her grief is quiet and dignified, and somehow this makes it worse. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Emma kept her grief private, but she would struggle with depression off and on for the rest of her life. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctors presumed her crippling migraine headaches were caused by unacknowledged grief and guilt. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Her shoulders heaved; she could barely contain her grief and her anger. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The memories swirled, silver white and strange, and without hesitating, with a feeling of reckless abandonment, as though this would assuage his torturing grief, Harry dived. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I knew I should leave him to his family, his grief. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She is guessing that many of them out there, too, have felt her grief and confusion and powerlessness. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You are weary with grief, my lord. Let me fix you a sleeping draught.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The rest is dust, the rest is ash, it’s sorrow and it’s grief....But above all that, in spite of all that, binding us together...is hope. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps the place freed him from a straitjacket of grief. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At these words all the Elves in the hall cried aloud in grief and amazement. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Yes. Considering your terrible grief, I also took away your dagger, fearing you might harm yourself with it.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I realized my eyes were wet, and I fought against the grief that was trying to overpower me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When he tells the story, he has to pause, for maybe a minute, choking back grief. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z |
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