“Let us not weep for those who have gone away when their lives were at full bloom and beauty. Who are we that we should mourn them and wish them back? Life at its every stage is good, but who shall say whether those who die in the splendor of their prime are not fortunate to have known no abatement, no dulling of the flame by ash, no slow fading of life’s perfect flower.”
Helen Keller
We Bereaved (Primary source)
In We Bereaved, Helen Keller offers compassionate reflections on grief, loss, and faith for those mourning loved ones. Drawing from her own experiences with suffering, she provides comfort and wisdom, emphasizing that the bereaved belong to humanity’s largest company.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“If the government is cruel, the governor’s life is not safe.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.”
— Ian Fleming Primary source“This is a good place,” he said.
“There’s a lot of liquor,” I agreed.