“That was the sorrow of it. He saw the light but never expected the darkness.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you have a sorrow that is too great it leaves no room for any other. — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Conversations bore me, to visit people bores me, the sorrows and joys of my relatives bore me to my soul.” — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
We have to believe that even the briefest of human connections can heal. Otherwise, life is unbearable. — Agate Nesaule Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love. — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
“had seen enough such deaths before to know that when the cloud of sorrow hangs too heavily over a person, nothing helps;… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
“grief does not decline in a straight line or along a slow curve like a graph in a child’s math book.” — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences. — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
The most important part of the process of mourning is regularly reciting kaddish in a synagogue. Kaddish is a doxology, which Jewish… — David Novak Copy Share Image
“The life of separation may be a path of sorrow, but it is the highway of safety; and though the separated life… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
All I know is that after 10 years of being sober, with huge support to express my pain and anger and shadow,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The pleasurable part of public mourning can also lead to a sense of self-sanctification that justifies in advance any war effort, whether… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
For me, it's owning the fact that I have a sensitive disposition along with a rampant imagination that makes up stories and… — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t take long, working homicide, to discover that most people suffering from grief can’t answer that question without telling a lie… — Tyler Dilts 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
“When she dies, you are not at first surprised. Part of love is preparing for death. You feel confirmed in your love… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“Rose," said my mother. For once in my life, she sounded unsure about herself. Scared, maybe. "Mia said you wanted to see… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
My dearest daughter, I see your loneliness and fear. I know your hurt and your heartaches. In a special bottle I am… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You die. You get old and die. Your anger curdles, your grief dries, your talent fades on the page. Your cells metastasise… — Jeet Thayil Copy Share Image
When our spirit tells us it is time to weep, we should weep. It is part of the ritual, if you will,… — Joseph M. Marshall III Copy Share Image
“These memories of happiness are fleeting things, reflections in a stream, glimpsed all broken for a second and then swept away in… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Love is an avalanche of emotions running wild. An emotion that overcomes every other emotion and can make every other emotion feel… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“There's a cultural level of acceptable grief that I'm on the wrong side of.” — C.K. Kelly Martin Copy Share Image
If broken hearts could kill, the earth would be as dead as the moon. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
