I got this from Liz Jensen's article in the Observer, about the death of her youngest child. It's a quote of Karen Blixen. Seems legit. See also Robert Frost being asked what he had learned about life, and he replied "it goes on." And see also this https://www.salon.com/2014/07/19/why_our_brains_love_the_ocean_science_explains_what_draws_humans_to_the_sea