And in the end...
the love you take,
is equal to the love you make.
--John Lennon
Don’t think atheists can’t feel grief, or love, or desolation. Emotions do not come from out there, they come from within. They are not a gift. We pay a steep price for them. We earn them.
You don’t need to believe in god to be human. In fact, I’m not sure it helps all that much.