Mourning seems to be a bigger taboo than death. We can talk about
death. It's concrete. But what comes after that? If someone is in
mourning for a month, we think it's fine. After three months it's
considered a little so-so, and after three years it's "You really have
to stop this now!" Do you see what I mean? The biggest taboo is really
the mourning. But people can be in mourning for years. Queen Victoria
mourned the rest of her life after losing her husband.