Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief.

Four years after my father's death, when the subject of parents came up in conversation i would relate the information in a flat, matter-of-fact tone eager to detect in my listener the flinch of grief that eluded me.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief