“Pain, unless it is physical, was sold to you (by your culture).” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“It’s ironic that when I was alive, all I thought about was death.” — Loretta Ellsworth 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
“That is — your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles replied, sharply. Most beloved.” — 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
“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.” — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“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
Tears are another river that takes us home. We become alive with tears. There isn't a chance to return to sleep when… — Anonymous 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
“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
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
“Because it was all I wanted to fucking know. It was all I wanted to know in this fucking world: where did… — Brendan Cowell 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
“They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd… — Carole Geithner Copy Share Image
“I walked the length of the ward, towards the exit with what I imagined to be the stoic, dignified stride of a… — Rob Grimes 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
“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
“When I reflect on the stories of death supported by hospice care and contrast it with our story depicting an absence of… — Lisa J. Shultz Copy Share Image
“And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on its way… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“They say, the sun brings life to the world. The sun will rise and look is it not a corpse? Everything is… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act,… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
“We cannot fight or conquer our feelings of grief, anger, pain, or loss. Just like we cannot fight or conquer nature. We… — Elena Levon Copy Share Image
On all levels, evolution occurs in response to a crisis situation, not infrequently a life-threatening one, when the old structures, inner or… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Don’t be so hard on yourself, You’re doing the same thing, trying to reconcile all the moms that Mom ever was -… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“I feel like, I was going somehow with my life, holding myself together and then these blasts happened, and then suddenly I… — Bhavya Kaushik Copy Share Image
“I felt guilty that I hadn't thought of Kizuki right away, as if I had somehow abandoned him. Back in my room,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“In twenty years you could say and do a lot you wish you hadn't. In twenty years you could store up a… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“Lay down Your tired & weary head my friend. We have wept too long Night is falling And you are only sleeping… — José N. Harris 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
“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
“Mrs. Allan's face was not the face of the girlbride whom the minister had brought to Avonlea five years before. It had… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image