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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: 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: 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: 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: But when my mother died, I found that I did not believe that she was gone.

But when my mother died, I found that I did not believe that she was gone.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Time doesn't obey our commands. You cannot make it holy just because it is disappearing.

Time doesn't obey our commands. You cannot make it holy just because it is disappearing.

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: 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: 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

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: 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: 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: 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: Suddenly it was fall, the season of death, the anniversary of things-going-to-hell.

Suddenly it was fall, the season of death, the anniversary of things-going-to-hell.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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: 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: 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.