Grief Can't Be Shared. Everyone Carries It

The Nice Thing About Really Intelligent People Is That When You Talk With Them They Make You Feel Intelligent Too.

People Don't Want To Be Understood - I Mean Not Completely. It's Too Destructive. Then They Haven't Anything Left. They Don't Want Complete Sympathy Or Complete Understanding. They Want To Be Treated Carelessly And Taken For Granted Lots Of Times.

What Release To Write So That One Forgets Oneself, Forgets One's Companion, Forgets Where One Is Or What One Is Going To Do Next To Be Drenched In Sleep Or In The Sea. Pencils And Pads And Curling Blue Sheets Alive With Letters Heap Up On The Desk.

We Are Always Bargaining With Our Feelings So That We Can Live From Day To Day.

The Final Lesson Of Learning To Be Independent - Widowhood ... Is The Hardest Lesson Of All.