Quotes About Coping

Euphemisms persist because lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

People can say that I became famous because of 911. I became America's top cop, cultivated a political profile, wrote books, became a security consultant. But I'd give anything for that day not to have happened. I wish it hadn't. But it did. And I happen to be there at the time. I was there, and I did the best I could do under the circumstances. It's all any of us did.

We didn't starve, but we didn't eat chicken unless we were sick, or the chicken was.

she surprised herself at the strength of her grief

Life wasn't always fair, she thought, but there it is. You took what was handed you and make the best of it.

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

It took all their common sense and philosophy to face life these days. The two are synonymous.

It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives

I had officially joined the cacophony of sick mother fuckers.

It is not okay to 'live and let live,' to let 'bygones be bygones,' to 'forgive and forget,' to let the 'past be the past' or any of the other clichés your family and friends will try to persuade you to forget about what happened and to move on. Try not to accept these messages.

I don't think you ever get over it, but you do get through it.

I'm learning that it's not what comes our way that matters so much as it is how we react.

hangimiz, kaç?n?lmaz oldu?u bilinen ?eyler kar??s?nda bile, kendini biraz daha aldatmaktan, bu kaç?n?lmazdan kaç?labilece?i, belki de bu korkular?n ba?a hiç gelmeyece?i umuduna -bütün bo?lu?unu bilerek- kap?lmak çocuklu?unu göstermekten utanç duydu?

Grief produces an abundant energy that must find a way to burn itself up. And that is the fundamental problem, one that can take a lifetime to exhaust.

The thing I've noticed about life is that it just keeps coming at you. And it can be a real bummer. What you need to remember is that you're not alone. You've got friends and family. That's how we get by. We talk and share and eat cake and giggle in the dark, even when we're scared - no, especially when we're scared.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

I smoke to fill the potholes in my soul

The language of loss and the language of hope may, at times, come into conflict as we face end-of-life issues.

we use TV as we use tranquilizers- to even things out, to blot out unpleasantness, to dilute confusion, distress, unhappiness, loneliness.

Things are not as bad as they seem. They are worse.

AMERICAN HERO The man stepped right up, feet on top of a case of bottled beer. He placed his neck into a rope noose that was strung from the light fixture. He pulled it tight and leaped to the floor. He hung for less than a minute, thinking nothing but the pain as he spun slowly in a circle; the spots in his eyes were bright red when he took a palmed razor blade and cut the rope, falling chest-first into the kitchen sink. Then he packed his lunch for work.

Reality continues to ruin my life.

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile.