“I believe it’s imperative to bring the light of support and knowledge to patients and families when death is approaching.” — Lisa J. Shultz Copy Share Image
“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
[after the death of a loved one] It is when there is nothing more to be done that the reality of the… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“That is — your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“You're too damn beautiful for your own good.Hell,you're too damn beautiful for my own good” — Caisey Quinn Copy Share Image
“And a funeral, I found out, is like a wedding in reverse, with less time to plan.” — J. Lincoln Fenn Copy Share Image
“How much tragedy has to happen before I split wide open? Sam Hughes” — Alisa Mullen Copy Share Image
“We sit in silence, drinking hot chocolate and contemplating the act that death is a monstrous affront to the living and shouldn't… — Anna Maxted Copy Share Image
“The sun still, surprisingly, came up and shone down onto the cold, metal leftovers. No loud noises. No screams. No breaking glass.… — pleasefindthis Copy Share Image
“Rose couldn't say to Snow, to insist to her , that sometimes you lose someone in a way that means he will… — Emily Winfield Martin Copy Share Image
“I know she isn’t coming back, but I still think that she will. Nothing can make that go away. We figure out… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I could simply kill you now, get it over with, who would know the difference? I could easily kick you in, stove… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The train blows, just when I was forgetting. Forgetting that I am here alone. And I wonder if those cars got held… — Kellie Elmore Copy Share Image
“His absence seemed a solid thing, a burden I must carry in addition to my grief... Yet I knew I would continue… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
In the godforsaken, obscene quicksand of life, there is a deafening alleluia rising from the souls of those who weep, and of… — Ann Weems Copy Share Image
“After the service was over, I whispered to one of my fellow staff members, "If I commit suicide, I'll tattoo a message… — Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Copy Share Image
I think everyone understands grief, the journey it takes us on, whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“By noon, silence arrives one last time, flowing into every space of her room. And before long, silence swallows sound and color… — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
“Does time heal? It does. But the truth is, with the death of your own blood, part of you dies with them… — Elena Levon Copy Share Image
It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Life goes on, whether you like it or not. I just wished it could lurch forward. Time is the best doctor, they… — Gaia B. Amman Copy Share Image
“Death, like fiction, is brutal in its symmetry. Take this story and strip it down -all the way back- until you are… — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
“My mother’s family is passionate about visiting and cleaning the graves of their deceased. Once a year, the Peeks and the Nolens… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“Laila remembered how Mammy had dropped to the ground, how she’d screamed, torn at her hair. But Laila couldn’t even manage that.… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“I drop on my back on the bed, panting and sweating. How will I survive this missing? How do others do it?… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“Will. For a moment her heart hesitated. She remembered when Will had died, her agony, the long nights alone, reaching across the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“After many years of knowing her, she died. Instead of leaving me with a heartbreak, she left behind wonderful memories. Memories of… — Fidelis O Mkparu Copy Share Image
“Death pulls people from our spaces so often and we accept it as our final payment for having been here and having… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“The place of horror turns out to be no more than a green scoop, sometimes shadowed, sometimes shining with the bilberries and… — Will Cohu Copy Share Image
“The people in the hospital had been struck by her calm and the number of questions she had asked. They hadn't appreciated… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“Pulling through is what people do around here. There is a kind of bravery in their lives that isn’t bravery at all.… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image