--- title: "15 Grief Stricken Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 15 Grief Stricken quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Grief Stricken sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/siri-mitchell-29015_kindness_but-it-s-no-good-preaching-to-a-grief-st_2946085.jpg" --- > [“But it's no good preaching to a grief-stricken soul. And it can actually cause much harm. God is long-suffering in His patience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-mitchell/but-it-s-no-good-preaching-to-a-grief-stricken-soul-and-it-can/) [Siri Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/siri-mitchell-29015_kindness_but-it-s-no-good-preaching-to-a-grief-st_2946085.jpg) > [Grief-stricken. Stricken is right; it is as though you had been felled. Knocked to the ground; pitched out of life and into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-lively/grief-stricken-stricken-is-right-it-is-as-though-you-had-been-felled/) [Penelope Lively](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-lively/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1e/penelope-lively-3959_funny_grief-stricken-stricken-is-right-it-is-a_695024.png) > [Open your grief-stricken heart to the Lord. Weep and sincerely pray, 'O Lord, draw me towards You; give me peace of mind.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarada-devi/open-your-grief-stricken-heart-to-the-lord-weep-and-sincerely-pray-o/) [Sarada Devi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarada-devi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/sarada-devi-11487_death_open-your-grief-stricken-heart-to-the-lo_2190216.jpg) > [“After two brutal campaigns against Sanders and Trump, Hillary now had to explain the failure to friends in a seemingly endless round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-allen/after-two-brutal-campaigns-against-sanders-and-trump-hillary-now-had/) [Jonathan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/jonathan-allen-11731_failure_after-two-brutal-campaigns-against-sande_3138810.jpg) > [“Grief is not necessarily any prettier than death, and the grief-stricken do not wander like lambs grateful for the shepherd's guidance. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-anthony/grief-is-not-necessarily-any-prettier-than-death-and-the-grief/) [Piers Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piers-anthony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/piers-anthony-8252_anger_grief-is-not-necessarily-any-prettier-th_1734610.jpg) > [I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same time, there's a real lightheartedness about just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-can-be-almost-terminally-grief-stricken-because-things-are-so-dire/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/alice-walker-347_about_i-can-be-almost-terminally-grief-stricke_267961.jpg) > [“But there was no God. There was no faith. No mercy, forgiveness, or love. There was only all-consuming anger that burned so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ania-ahlborn/but-there-was-no-god-there-was-no-faith-no-mercy-forgiveness-or-love/) [Ania Ahlborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ania-ahlborn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/ania-ahlborn-28644_burned_but-there-was-no-god-there-was-no-faith_2541981.jpg) > [“She had been grief stricken as her father lay dying but now she felt weightless, the way people do when they're no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/she-had-been-grief-stricken-as-her-father-lay-dying-but-now-she-felt/) [Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/alice-hoffman-427_across-the-universe_she-had-been-grief-stricken-as-her-fathe_2190020.png) > [“Mommy set the phone aside as Liam whined and plucked at her shirt. “Are you hungry?” she asked gently. He nodded. “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thea-harrison/mommy-set-the-phone-aside-as-liam-whined-and-plucked-at-her-shirt-are/) [Thea Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thea-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/thea-harrison-1089_baby_mommy-set-the-phone-aside-as-liam-whined_3057267.jpg) > [One of the things that happens to everyone who is grief-stricken, who has lost someone, is there comes a time when everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/one-of-the-things-that-happens-to-everyone-who-is-grief-stricken-who/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/edward-hirsch-1614_change_one-of-the-things-that-happens-to-everyo_1641650.png) > [He recognized her despite the uproar, through his tears of unrepeatable sorrow at dying without her, and he looked at her for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/he-recognized-her-despite-the-uproar-through-his-tears-of/) [Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_century_he-recognized-her-despite-the-uproar-thr_2506493.jpg) > [I was perpetually grief-stricken when I finished a book, and would slide down from my sitting position on the bed, put my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-hornbacher/i-was-perpetually-grief-stricken-when-i-finished-a-book-and-would/) [Marya Hornbacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-hornbacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/marya-hornbacher-2109_bed_i-was-perpetually-grief-stricken-when-i_386186.png) > [“I tucked my arm under my head and started crying like a child. I was perishing from exhaustion. I was worn and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/i-tucked-my-arm-under-my-head-and-started-crying-like-a-child-i-was/) [Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/anne-rice-238_children_i-tucked-my-arm-under-my-head-and-starte_328330.jpg) > [“Dr. Urbino caught the parrot around the neck with a triumphant sigh: ça y est. But he released him immediately because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/dr-urbino-caught-the-parrot-around-the-neck-with-a-triumphant-sigh-a/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_death_dr-urbino-caught-the-parrot-around-the-n_132213.jpg) > [I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there's a real lightheartednes s about just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-can-be-almost-terminally-grief-stricken-because-things-are-so-dire-2/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/alice-walker-347_grief_i-can-be-almost-terminally-grief-stricke_1496617.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grief-stricken/#itemlist", "name": "Grief Stricken Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But it's no good preaching to a grief-stricken soul. 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It seemed there would never be another book. It was all over, the book was dead. It lay in its bent cover by my hand. What was the use? Why bother dragging the weight of my small body down to dinner? Why move? Why breathe? 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