Grief Quotes · Page 53

And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to…

— Miguel de Unamuno

“A lot of things are inherent in life -change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds- but these…

— Gina Lake

“The saddest sorrow is to desire death while you have life.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of…

— John Adams

Im¦ S sorry for whatever I did O over emotional, crying, surprised I bet R really blown away this could never happen…

— Curly Girl

It is abundantly evident that, however natural it may be for us to feel sorrow at the death of our relatives, that…

— Charles Webster Leadbeater

Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.

— Russell M. Nelson

Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life ... can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene…

— George Eliot

For I shall learn from flower and leaf, That color every drop they hold, To change the lifeless wine of grief To…

— Sara Teasdale

“Grief can be an incredible source of energy. For good.”

— Peter Gould

“There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life.”

— Robert W. Chambers

The criminal law is not meant to respond to every sorrow and grief.

— Daniel Cameron

Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four,…

— Samuel Johnson

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.

— Anonymous

I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

“My only one! In your last letter "My head aches my heart is stunned!" you say. "If they hang you, if I…

— Nazim Hikmet-Trans. By: Ahmad Poori

“Sometimes Discontent is unknown to the sufferer, a shadowed thing that creeps up from behind. It had been that way for Mary.…

— Gil Adamson

Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

— Philip James Bailey

“And it didn't matter. It wouldn't make a fucking difference if I dropped to the floor and started crying like a baby.…

— Lisa Henry

“If you have survived an abuser, and you tried to make things right… If you forgave, and you struggled, and even if…

— Jenna Brooks

Every man is of importance to himself, and, therefore, in his own opinion, to others; and, supposing the world already acquainted with…

— Samuel Johnson

It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.

— Veronica Roth

“Grief ate at these doctors, distracting them from both their families and their patients. Many reported withdrawing from emotional involvement with their…

— Danielle Ofri

Sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely , racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just being alive…

— Agatha Christie

And sometimes we cling because the memory is so painful that we can't stop visiting it and hoping to make it come…

— Amy Bloom

In the many trials of life, when we feel abandoned and when sorrow, sin, disappointment, failure, and weakness make us less than…

— James E. Faust

“Nothing lasts. Not love, not grief.”

— Susan Goodman

“Why not laugh again, and let your joy be my monument?”

— Stephanie Roberts

I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I…

— Susan Smith

Social media reactions to celebrity death have taken on a predictable pattern: an outpouring of shock with expressions of grief, followed by…

— Jennifer Armintrout

But sometimes, unexpectedly, grief pounded over me in waves that left me gasping; and when the waves washed back, I found myself…

— Donna Tartt

“Grief is the agony of an instant: the indulgence of grief is the blunder of life. ”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Somewhere between love and pain was the feeling of a family that was missing one of its founding members.”

— Molly Collier

For my omniscience paid I toll In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Unacquainted with grief, I knew not how to appraise my bereavement; I could not rightly estimate the strength of the stroke.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“Are you sad? About saying good-bye tomorrow?” “No. You will ride in a great circle back to me. The Great Ones have…

— Catherine Anderson

“But when something like Angelina's murder happens," the doctor told him (Decker), "it's human nature to assume a bunker mentality. Let's shore…

— Suzanne Brockmann

Grief is sort of the allowance of feeling.

— Carrie Brownstein

“No worries about money, success, fear, joy, pain, sorrow, sex, or love. Absolute zero. No father, mother, girlfriend, lover. The dead are…

— Richard Bachman

“There’s no way around grief. You have to go through it. You have to cry it out of your body, then wade…

— Nia Vardalos