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title: "13 Grief Doesn Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 13 Grief Doesn quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Grief Doesn sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Grief doesn't hit and run; it stays. and sometimes for a very long time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriana-trigiani/grief-doesn-t-hit-and-run-it-stays-and-sometimes-for-a-very-long-time/)

[Adriana Trigiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriana-trigiani/)

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> [Grief doesn't change you. It reveals you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/grief-doesn-t-change-you-it-reveals-you/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Man only likes counting his grief, he doesn't count his happiness. But if he were to count properly, he'd see that there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/man-only-likes-counting-his-grief-he-doesn-t-count-his-happiness-but/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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> [Grief doesn't have a plot. It isn't smooth. There is no beginning and middle and end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-hood/grief-doesn-t-have-a-plot-it-isn-t-smooth-there-is-no-beginning-and/)

[Ann Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-hood/)

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> [Grief doesn't necessarily make you noble. Sometimes it just makes you crazy, or primitive with fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-caldwell/grief-doesn-t-necessarily-make-you-noble-sometimes-it-just-makes-you/)

[Gail Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-caldwell/)

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> [Grief doesn't fade. Grief scabs over like my scars and pulls into new, painful configurations as it knits. It hurts in new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesmyn-ward/grief-doesn-t-fade-grief-scabs-over-like-my-scars-and-pulls-into-new/)

[Jesmyn Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesmyn-ward/)

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> [“Grief doesn't come in a landslide. It seeps in,while you are sleeping. First you start in dreaming. Then your wake-up time carries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerrie-oughton/grief-doesn-t-come-in-a-landslide-it-seeps-in-while-you-are-sleeping/)

[Jerrie Oughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerrie-oughton/)

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> [The one thing I know for a fact - some days are bad, some days are okay, and I'll go with it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iman-abdulmajid/the-one-thing-i-know-for-a-fact-some-days-are-bad-some-days-are-okay/)

[Iman Abdulmajid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iman-abdulmajid/)

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> [“And she knows then that she was right about her brother, that it takes an unbelievable strength to feel this kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-hoban/and-she-knows-then-that-she-was-right-about-her-brother-that-it-takes/)

[Julia Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-hoban/)

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> [“The grief doesn't go away, ... "But you...get used to it, you know? It's like carrying a heavy stone, one that's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-neumeier/the-grief-doesn-t-go-away-but-you-get-used-to-it-you-know-it-s-like/)

[Rachel Neumeier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-neumeier/)

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> [“Now there's something else I know. You might not think you're grieving, but grief comes in all sorts of ways. There's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-hoffman/now-there-s-something-else-i-know-you-might-not-think-you-re-grieving/)

[Beth Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-hoffman/)

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> [“Pain doesn’t really go away because someone kisses it better. Sadness doesn’t recede because a person posts an inspiring quote on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/autumn-doughton/pain-doesn-t-really-go-away-because-someone-kisses-it-better-sadness/)

[Autumn Doughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/autumn-doughton/)

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> [“The curious advantage of being able to survey the span of someone else’s life, from start to finish, can seem peremptory, high-handed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-woods/the-curious-advantage-of-being-able-to-survey-the-span-of-someone/)

[James Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-woods/)

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