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date: 08 February 2025

Colin Murray Parkes 1928– 
English psychiatrist 

  1. The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is, perhaps, the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment.
    usually quoted as ‘Grief is the price we pay for love’
    Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life (1972)