Heaven is a place nearby, so there's no need to say goodbye.

“When we learn to attribute meaning to the events in our lives, we connect with our Higher Purpose, Higher Wisdom, or Source; we become…

— Susan Barbara Apollon

“When we understand the illusory nature of life and the profound power of eternal love, which enables us to create miracles and experience the…

— Susan Barbara Apollon

When you lose your parents, the sadness doesn't go away. It just changes. It hits you sideways sometimes instead of head-on. Like now.

— Anonymous

A man is not completely born until he is dead.

— Benjamin Franklin

“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and beauty with…

— Anna White

“Sometimes, there was no getting over it. Sometimes, you lived with the empty place inside of you until you imploded on it, loss as…

— Caitlin Kittredge

Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of…

— Jean de la Bruyere

I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart…The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of…

— James Martineau

“her skilled use of her body, especially her eyes and hands, when communicating with people enabled millions sense she was a conduit between royalty,…

— Tony Walter

I can remember certain Manchester United defeats the way most people remember family bereavements or great political events. The four-nil drubbing by Barcelona, the…

— Tom Dunne

Farewell is said by the living, in life, every day. It is said with love and friendship, with the affirmation that the memories are…

— Anonymous

“I used to feel afraid of the future, always assuming the worst. But now I've realized that my worst fears have already happened, and…

— Elizabeth Berrien

“Loss pushes us to difficult places where we have not been before. We often question whether or not we have the courage and stamina…

— Susan Barbara Apollon

“He stood for a moment, bereavement a sudden, small tear in his soul.”

— Diana Gabaldon

Thou, Everlasting Strength, hast set Thyself forth to bear our burdens. May we bear Thy cross, and bearing that; find there is nothing else…

— Henry Ward Beecher