“Lux forced grief from his mind, thinking grimly of revenge.”

— Lin Carter

Source: Time War (1974), Chapter 3, “The Silver Men” (p. 41)

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American fantasy writer, editor, critic 1930–1988

Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001) American linguist

Introduction
The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])
Context: Manslaughter was requited through blood revenge. Accordingly the offender, to escape the avenger, would be forced to flee, cut off from his land and people, at the mercy of strangers far from home. [Examples are] 2 Samuel (14: 5-7)... Iliad a6: 571-574... Odyssey (15: 271-278)... (Genesis 4: 14)... (Genesis 4: 15)

“People complain about their griefs and sorrows and how they pray to God but find no relief from pain. But grief itself is a gift from God. It is the symbol of His compassion.”

Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna

[In the Company of the Holy Mother, 220-221]

“Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.”

Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian

Source: Antigone, Line 563

“Force a hand, and it will fight you. But convince and mind to think as you want it to think, an you have an ally”

Dan Brown book Digital Fortress

Source: Digital Fortress

“Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”

Marcel Proust book In Search of Lost Time

Le bonheur est salutaire pour le corps, mais c'est le chagrin qui développe les forces de l'esprit.
Source: In Search of Lost Time, Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol. VII: The Past Recaptured (1927), Ch. III: "An Afternoon Party at the House of the Princesse de Guermantes"

“I think that it will be a great success, that all this painting [of Edouard Manet, shortly after his death], so fresh, so vital, will electrify the 'Palais des Beaux Arts' [in Paris], which is accustomed to dead art. It will be the revenge for so many rebuffs, but a revenge that the poor boy only in his grave.”

Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) painter from France

in a letter to her sister Edma Morisot, c. Jan 1884; as cited in: Impressionist quartet, ed. Jeffrey Meyers; publishers, Harcourt, 2005, p. 124
1881 - 1895