Grief Quotes · Page 55

“But the memory of past sorrow--is it not present joy?”

— Edgar Allan Poe

Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps.

— William Blake

What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.

— Euripides

“His absence is so big it's like he's there.”

— Patrick Ness

“Women eat ice-cream, men toast marshmallows.”

— Dianna Hardy

Griefs assured are felt before they come.

— John Dryden

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

— Thornton Wilder

“Thy sorrow will come from thine own mouth.”

— T.H. White

“I did feel a 'something', like a catch in the silence at the moment of creation.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

Grief is like manure, if you spread it out it fertilizes, if you leave it in a big pile it smells like…

— Thomas Golden, Jr

Neither a person entirely broken nor one entirely whole can speak. In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.

— Jane Hirshfield

Death is as casual and often as unexpected as birth. It is as difficult to define grief as joy. Each is finite.…

— Jim Bishop

We're like fire and gasoline, I'm no good for you your no good for me. We only bring each other tears and…

— Chris Young

A Moment Of Patience In A Moment Of ANGER Can Help Us To AVOID Thousands Of Moments Of SORROW...

— Pacifiersucker

“And with no hope to hold it in check, grief finally steps out to take its place on the stage.”

— Amie Kaufman

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.]

— Plautus

As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope…

— Omar Khayyam

With Complicated Grief I can say that there was a certain simplification in the process. Getting older means less wasted effort, things…

— Laura Mullen

“A psychiatrist friend explained to me that humans are evolutionarily wired for both connection and grief: we naturally have the tools to…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise,…

— Charles Dickens

“I began realizing it was okay to just sit with Him instead of always reading and journaling prayers or hustling off to…

— Natalie Brenner

“Grief is a funny thing because you don't have to carry it with you for the rest of your life. After a…

— Rosamunde Pilcher

There are women named Faith, Hope, Joy, and Prudence. Why not Despair, Guilt, Rage, and Grief? It seems only right. 'Tom, I'd…

— George Carlin

It's funny how, even long after you've accepted the grief of losing someone you love and truly have gotten on with your…

— Mary Higgins Clark

“If you never knew the worlds in my mind your sense of loss would be small pity and we’ll forget this on…

— Steven Erikson

“Andrei rested on a bench directly in front of a grave that belonged to: 'A father, hard worker, and beloved friend.' He…

— Karl Kristian Flores

“Who Do You Turn To? By Sydney Baker When you’ve lost all of your hope, Who do you turn to? When your…

— Deanna Frances

“…in the twentieth century grief lasts at most a year.’ I have used this quote from the Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet as…

— Saeed Akhtar Mirza

There was a small boy on crutches. I do not know his name, and I suspect I never will. But I will…

— James Randi

“I realized that it was not Ko-san, now safely ditched for ever, but Ko-san's mother who stood in need of pity and…

— Sōseki Natsume

“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

“My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?' (Psalm 42:2)…

— Dorothy Day

Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.

— Orhan Pamuk

Joy goes as deep as sorrow, but leaves less of itself behind.

— Mason Cooley

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

— Ovid

Grief is a gift, something you have to earn.

— Anonymous

There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.

— Anonymous

It is not always sorrow that opens the fountains of the eyes.

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

“The heart aches in brokenness as daylight awakens the pain of knowing.”

— Phindiwe Nkosi

With grief, you have reason to despair; it's a human thing.

— Kay Redfield Jamison