The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate. — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
Who is there in this world who has never found sorrow? The path of sorrow and happiness is made for everyone. We… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
When a child dies, it breaks the pattern, the most fundamental pattern in life. — Jane Stanton Hitchcock Copy Share Image
May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as its foam — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And then I feel guilty, because I know all these offers are made in vain. I know I cannot get my mother… — Robin Romm Copy Share Image
“Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“The man raised the violin under his chin, placed the bow across the strings, and closed his eyes. For a moment his… — Chris Lester Copy Share Image
In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing die. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It fills me with sorrow to see what the selfishness of one person can do... — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“You cannot die from grief, though it feels like you can. A heart does not actually break, though sometimes you chest aches… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The mourning process can feel like going through a carwash without a car.” — Jodi Livon Copy Share Image
“She couldn’t stand how dark and ugly her thoughts were, how bottomless her anger and grief.” — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“But grief is not a force and has no power to hold. You only bear it. Love is what carries you, for… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Alone thou goest forth, O Lord, in sacrifice to die; is this thy sorrow naught to us who pass unheeding by? Our… — Peter Abelard Copy Share Image
“Part of living is acknowledging people’s pain and grief, but not letting it take over your heart. Though it’s always nighttime in… — Steven James Copy Share Image
tried to focus on a particular aspect of this historical moment: the failure of mourning. This is something I haven't seen a… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
The place didn't look the same but it felt the same; sensations clutched and transformed me. I stood outside some concrete and… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“Grief is the ultimate unrequited love. However hard and long we love someone who has died, they can never love us back.… — Rosamund Lupton Copy Share Image
“In all human sorrow nothing gives comfort but love and faith, and that in the sight of Christ's compassion for us no… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
“How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“He tells her that, when Nola first died, he thought he’d die himself, of the sorrow.” — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light.” — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“The pain of love does not break hearts, it merely seasons them. The disappointed heart revives itself and grows meaty and piquant.… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappointments. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding. — John Adams Copy Share Image
Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. — David Hume Copy Share Image
God wants us to share in the sorrows of othersInstead of ignoring their pain,we should be sharing in it by earnest prayer,kind… — Mariane Corbito Copy Share Image
Facing death calmly is praiseworthy only if one faces it alone. Death together is no longer death, even for unbelievers. The source… — Raymond Radiguet Copy Share Image
The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow. — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead. Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief Shore his old thread in… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it. For God has placed a pearl in sorrow’s hand. — Rumi Copy Share Image
![“I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and Perrault's tales in old editions which became my chief joy for five or six years ... I've never read them since, but I could tell each tale straight through, and I…” quote by George Sand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d4a/george-sand-1753_chiefs_i-loved-fairy-stories-so-and-my-mother-w_1388127.jpg)
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