“I did not know the work of mourning Is like carrying a bag of cement Up a mountain at night The mountaintop… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“I wish I believed him. He's looking at me like he can see where I begin.” — Amy McNamara Copy Share Image
“The moment a child leaves us, a parent’s heart feels different. Medically, this condition is called “broken heart syndrome,” but grieving parents… — Pam K. McCarty Copy Share Image
“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“A memory that costs you something," he said aloud, almost to himself. "One that hurts to remember. That makes you regret what… — Daria Lavelle Copy Share Image
Nothing can bring my Jordan back but I have learned to channel my grief into action to honor my son. — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: Go hence, to have more… — William Shakespeare 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
Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Grits Glossary blues \’blüz\ n: nothing but a good man singing about hardship, sorrow, and the things he’s done wrong--but sake’s alive,… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
“And thus they form a perfect group; he walks back two or three paces, selects his point of sight, and begins to… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon Copy Share Image
“Adam's lips are set in a grime line. I can't tell if he's about to cry or about to punch the guard.… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's wrong to give so much time over to mourning, she tells herself. Mourning and brooding. There's nothing to be accomplished by… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Most of us are so enthralled with the scary tigers in our minds--our stories of loneliness, rejection, grief--that we don't realize they… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“Dry your eyes mate, I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts, but you’ve got to walk… — Mike Skinner Copy Share Image
What was so terrible about grief was not grief itself, but that one got over it. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
“Who were these people? Where was all this joy, and where does joy go when it leaves your family? Does it go… — Crystal Chan Copy Share Image
“But I understood, now, that we don’t live only for ourselves. We’re connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares,… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“There's always a last time. If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.” — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“The air felt different in my lungs. The world no longer looked the same. You change and then you change again. You… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“The short sharp shock of three thousand mother two hundred mothers. The ones who picked through the supermarket debris for pieces of… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
