On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I need someone who believes that the sun will rise again but who does not fear my darkness. Someone who can point… — Joe Mahoney Copy Share Image
“But I think it is so important to not rush the process of grief- & I do not mean moping & wallowing.… — Ashley Nikole Copy Share Image
“I look. There it is. I feel it. The insistent pull to the heart that the hawk brings, that very old longing… — Helen MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Mothering while grieving should involve being understanding and keeping a gentle attitude toward yourself as you work to balance your own needs… — Elizabeth Berrien Copy Share Image
we are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“I used to feel afraid of the future, always assuming the worst. But now I've realized that my worst fears have already… — Elizabeth Berrien Copy Share Image
“Someone experiencing the stages of grief is rarely aware of how his behavior might appear to others. Grief often produces a “zoom… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
The nature of most Covid-19 deaths, in hospital or a care home away from family and friends, has made it worse for… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
“Hope comes in the form of synchronicities. When one even occurs and is followed by another, which is in complete alignment with… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a strange thing to say because… — Michelle Williams Copy Share Image
The numbness of his loss had passed, and the pain would hit me out of nowhere, doubling me over, racking my body… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
For a week, almost without speaking, they went ahead like sleepwalkers through a universe of grief, lighted only by the tenuous reflection… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
“Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it. Praise in due order; of Him as… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I was fascinated by the lack of a word for a parent who has lost a child. We have no word in… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“When we understand the illusory nature of life and the profound power of eternal love, which enables us to create miracles and… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
One by one, drops fell from my eyes like they were on an assembly line - gather, fall, slide...gather, fall, slide...each one… — Lisi Harrison Copy Share Image
I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart…The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
“Suffering creates a vivid contrast illuminating joy, happiness, and satisfaction. It is a harsh lesson on the other side of sublime. We… — Brent Green Copy Share Image
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
