“The human brain cannot release enough neurotransmitters to feel emotion a thousand times as strong as the grief of one funeral.”

“I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.”

“She was a soprano of the kind often used for augmenting grief at a funeral.”

“The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free.”

“These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through.”

“You cannot move beyond your current emotions unless you allow them to surface and be released. This means that you must learn to express your emotions.”

“It was almost enough to make me feel emotion.”

“Science advances one funeral at a time.”

“I wasn't strong enough to withstand such strong opinions. I keep them in a trunk and, from time to time, will read one from long ago.”

“Memory strength is also a function of how much we care about the experience. …If I'm playing an instrument I like, and whose sound pleases me in and of itself… caring leads to attention, and together they lead to measurable neurochemical changes. Dopamine, the neurotransmitter associated with emotional regulation, alertness, and mood, is released, and the dopaminergic system aids in encoding the memory trace.”