Bereavement and Grief
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Feynman's continuing-bond letter to Arline
Sixteen months after his wife Arline died, pragmatic physicist Richard Feynman overcame his belief that there was no sense in writing and wrote her a tender love letter, affirming his enduring love, shared projects and grief.
“Even when chance has taken away those we love, much of them remains with us. The time that has passed is ours; nothing is more secure than what has been.”
“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, he is my creature, and [in spite of] all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me.”