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Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Drunkenness is temporary suicide.

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.

Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes.

There is a kind of euphoria of grief, a degree of madness.

Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.

Grief is exhausting.

Grief causes suffering and disease.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

The thing about grief is that it's a roller coaster - it's up, it's down. The emotions sometimes take over.