Bereavement Quotes

A horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.

— Anonymous

A man is not completely born until he is dead.

— Benjamin Franklin

Sorrow makes us all children again.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.

— Roland Barthes

ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee

— John Donne

“It's being without him that I'll never get used to.”

— Christopher Buecheler

“Loss is only temporary when you believe in God!”

— Latoya Alston

“Death and parting are the same.”

— Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf

A thousand goodbyes come after death - the first six months of bereavement.

— Allan Gregg

I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.

— Judith McNaught

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

Cordelia! stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'st? Her voice was ever soft.

— William Shakespeare

Begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“All the sorrows of life are bearable if only we can convert them into a story.”

— Isak Dinesen

Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

— Liane Moriarty

“Grief does not demand pity; It requests acknowledgement" - Jude Gibbs”

— Jude Gibbs

“There is nothing like feeling truly "awake" and aware of my life and what it means to me. So I look ahead…

— Elizabeth Berrien

Not a sorrow, not a burden, not a temptation, not a bereavement, not a disappointment, not a care, not a groan or…

— George C. Lorimer

“The truth is, we never know what life will bring us and we don't have as much control as we might think…

— Elizabeth Berrien

“You have to do what feels right for you. Do not let anyone influence you otherwise. It is your mind, your heart,…

— Elizabeth Berrien

I mourn in grey, grey as the sleeted wind the bled shades of twilight, gunmetal, battleships, industrial paint.

— Marge Piercy

“What is hope? Like love, it is hard to define, but easy to recognize, a state of being that compels us to…

— Susan Barbara Apollon

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not being able to call them back; as…

— Thomas Mann

Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots…

— Patti Davis

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into…

— Benjamin Franklin

“It is okay to release your feelings when you feel the waves coming. It's all part of the process of having to…

— Elizabeth Berrien

I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent…

— Libba Bray

“Christmas is such a time of struggle anyway, crammed with busy and hurry and the expectation that you will be joyful, no…

— Anna White

We are deeply saddened by the tremendous loss of life and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, .. Starbucks has a long tradition…

— Howard Schultz

“We all need hope. As souls, we journey in physical bodies, traversing a life that is dually lived. We experience safety through…

— Susan Barbara Apollon

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

— Tom Dunne

Everyone grieves in different ways. For some, it could take longer or shorter. I do know it never disappears. An ember still…

— Maria V. Snyder

Thou, Everlasting Strength, hast set Thyself forth to bear our burdens. May we bear Thy cross, and bearing that; find there is…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Sustained, complicated grief is hard- & yes, potentially dangerous- ANYTHING worthwhile in life holds a certain measure of risk to it- and…

— Ashley Nikole

“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Grief can destroy you—or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death,…

— Dean Koontz

“The light in that room was a glow; I seem to remember the color green, or perhaps flowers. A pale green sheet…

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke

“Ruth Bowers laid her hand, as she spoke, on Frances's arm and the physical contact was like a burn, distracting her totally.…

— Penelope Lively

In your 20s, crises tend to be about whether you are making the correct decisions for the rest of your life, namely…

— Oliver Robinson

“My encounter with desperation while witnessing the death of a precious child changed me, teaching me that although we will have sad…

— Brent Green