Quotes about Coping

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life

We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, 'Oh, nothing!' Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts - not to hurt others.

People shave their heads all the time.

There was nothing wrong, he reminded himself, with healthy fear; only when it escalated into panic did it become a killer.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.

No matter what happens, you're always going to have those critics and those haters. You just have to learn how to deal with that. I think I have and accept that.

If someone has gone through a lot of emotional pain, including the loss of loved ones, that person may try to build a shell around his or her feelings to protect him- or herself from the pain.

To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain, worse for the heart.

When you're grieving that's not the time to be brave or strong, you need to let it show

One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor.