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Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world."

One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall."

All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall.




Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros."

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created."

The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created.




Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore."

A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "I believe in the importance of individuality, but in the midst of grief I also find myself wanting connection - wanting to be reminded that the sadness I feel is not just mine but ours."

I believe in the importance of individuality, but in the midst of grief I also find myself wanting connection - wanting to be reminded that the sadness I feel is not just mine but ours.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "One of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out."

One of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out.




Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Grief is characterized much more by waves of feeling that lessen and reoccur, it's less like stages and more like different states of feeling."

Grief is characterized much more by waves of feeling that lessen and reoccur, it's less like stages and more like different states of feeling.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them."

When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "One of the things about grief is that it can bring a deeper perspective into your life; in the end, it has, for me, though it's also brought sorrow."

One of the things about grief is that it can bring a deeper perspective into your life; in the end, it has, for me, though it's also brought sorrow.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "It's a blessing not to be alone in your grief but it's also painful to see your parents and siblings in pain."

It's a blessing not to be alone in your grief but it's also painful to see your parents and siblings in pain.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Sometimes you don't even know what you want until you find out you can't have it."

Sometimes you don't even know what you want until you find out you can't have it.




Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "One of the grubby truths about a loss is that you don't just mourn the dead person, you mourn the person you got to be when the lost one was alive. This loss might even be what affects you the most."

One of the grubby truths about a loss is that you don't just mourn the dead person, you mourn the person you got to be when the lost one was alive. This loss might even be what affects you the most.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "What had happened still seemed implausible. A person was present your entire life, and then one day she disappeared and never came back. It resisted belief."

What had happened still seemed implausible. A person was present your entire life, and then one day she disappeared and never came back. It resisted belief.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal."

If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone."

But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of the freshly bereaved end up feeling even more alone.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail."

Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Many grievers experience intense yearning or longing after a death - more than they experience, say, denial."

Many grievers experience intense yearning or longing after a death - more than they experience, say, denial.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "I'm not much like my mother; that role falls to my brothers, who have more of her blithe and freewheeling spirit."

I'm not much like my mother; that role falls to my brothers, who have more of her blithe and freewheeling spirit.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Like my mother before me, I have always been a good speller."

Like my mother before me, I have always been a good speller.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Loss is so paradoxical: It is at once enormous and tiny."

Loss is so paradoxical: It is at once enormous and tiny.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Grief is at once a public and a private experience. One's inner, inexpressible disruption cannot be fully realized in one's public persona."

Grief is at once a public and a private experience. One's inner, inexpressible disruption cannot be fully realized in one's public persona.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands."

This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them."

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Loss doesn't feel redeemable. But for me one consoling aspect is the recognition that, in this at least, none of us is different from anyone else: We all lose loved ones; we all face our own death."

Loss doesn't feel redeemable. But for me one consoling aspect is the recognition that, in this at least, none of us is different from anyone else: We all lose loved ones; we all face our own death.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Faith does help mourners survive their loss, some studies suggest; but I imagine one still struggles."

Faith does help mourners survive their loss, some studies suggest; but I imagine one still struggles.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "My mother never liked Mother's Day. She thought it was a fake holiday dreamed up by Hallmark to commodify deep sentiments that couldn't be expressed with a card."

My mother never liked Mother's Day. She thought it was a fake holiday dreamed up by Hallmark to commodify deep sentiments that couldn't be expressed with a card.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "'Hamlet' is a play about a man whose grief is deemed unseemly."

'Hamlet' is a play about a man whose grief is deemed unseemly.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "After all dying is one of the most profound and difficult experiences we have."

After all dying is one of the most profound and difficult experiences we have.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "I have seen that grief can be very different for different people. While the range of emotions experienced is similar, the way we deal with those emotions isn't, necessarily."

I have seen that grief can be very different for different people. While the range of emotions experienced is similar, the way we deal with those emotions isn't, necessarily.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Many researchers say the dominant emotion experienced after loss is yearning or searching. And while you might feel more anger early on, it's accompanied by a whole host of other feelings."

Many researchers say the dominant emotion experienced after loss is yearning or searching. And while you might feel more anger early on, it's accompanied by a whole host of other feelings.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "For sure, the funeral industry seems intensely cynical to me and I don't think it is HELPING people mourn."

For sure, the funeral industry seems intensely cynical to me and I don't think it is HELPING people mourn.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "There is no single way of grieving. But research suggests that there are some broad similarities among grievers."

There is no single way of grieving. But research suggests that there are some broad similarities among grievers.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Be patient with yourself. Don't make the loss harder by thinking you should be a certain way, or have bounced back, etc."

Be patient with yourself. Don't make the loss harder by thinking you should be a certain way, or have bounced back, etc.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength."

It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "A mother is the portal by which you enter the world."

A mother is the portal by which you enter the world.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "A mother is a story with no beginning. That is what defines her."

A mother is a story with no beginning. That is what defines her.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world."

Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "We have an idea - a very modern idea - that dying is undignified. But I think this is because we have the illusion that we can control our bodies and our fates."

We have an idea - a very modern idea - that dying is undignified. But I think this is because we have the illusion that we can control our bodies and our fates.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Funerals cost so much money, and are likely to be an additional source of stress in this recession - it's sad that we don't have a more humane, less commercialized way to approach burial."

Funerals cost so much money, and are likely to be an additional source of stress in this recession - it's sad that we don't have a more humane, less commercialized way to approach burial.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "The truth is, I need to experience my mother's presence in the world around me and not just in my head."

The truth is, I need to experience my mother's presence in the world around me and not just in my head.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious."

I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures."

My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us."

Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses."

And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "I live to collect information, and I am also a perfectionist."

I live to collect information, and I am also a perfectionist.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport."

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it."

'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it.



Meghan O'Rourke Quotes: "A mother is beyond any notion of a beginning. That's what makes her a mother."

A mother is beyond any notion of a beginning. That's what makes her a mother.