Quote preview background for Cheryl Strayed
If, as a culture, we don__ bear witness to grief, the burden of loss is placed entirely upon the bereaved, while the rest of us avert our eyes and wait for those in mourning to stop being sad, to let go, to move on, to cheer up. And if they don__ _ if they have loved too deeply, if they do wake each morning thinking, I cannot continue to live _ well, then we pathologize their pain; we call their suffering a disease.We do not help them: we tell them that they need to get help.
Cheryl Strayed
Turn into a Quote Card

Quote Detail

If, as a culture, we don__ bear witness to grief, the burden of loss is placed entirely upon the bereaved, while the rest of us avert our eyes and wait for those in mourning to stop being sad, to let go, to move on, to cheer up. And if they don__ _ if they have loved too deeply, if they do wake each morning thinking, I cannot continue to live _ well, then we pathologize their pain; we call their suffering a disease.We do not help them: we tell them that they need to get help.

Quick Answer

What this quote page tells you

This canonical quote page keeps the full saying, the attributed author, any linked work, and the topic tags together so the quote can be cited from one stable URL.

Related Quotes

More quote cards from the same area