Being in grief, it turns out, is not unlike being in love. In both states, the imagination's entirely occupied with one person.… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“Some people say it is a shame. Others even imply that it would have been better if the baby had never been… — Christine O'Keeffe Lafser Copy Share Image
The truly happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed with… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
He once thought it himself, that he might die with grief: for his wife, his daughters, his sisters, his father and master… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“She died calmly; and her countenance expressed affection even in death. I need not describe the feelings of those who dearest ties… — Mary Shelley Copy Share Image
When you pray to God resignedly, as though patiently accepting the punishment of grief at the death of a loved one, and… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take… — Marshall Ulrich Copy Share Image
“Suppose after all that death does end all. Next to eternal joy, next to being forever with those we love and those… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The foolish thing was trying to solve the problem all by myself. But the deeper I get tangled up in this mass… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“To man has been given the grief, often, of seeing his gods overthrown and his altars crumbling; but to the wolf and… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“If suddenly you do not exist, if suddenly you no longer live, I shall live on. I do not dare, I do… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“Be near me now, My tormenter, my love, be near me— At this hour when night comes down, When, having drunk from… — Faiz Ahmed Faiz Copy Share Image
“When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
We will enjoy ourselves with the forms that are given us: a human face, a hand, the breast of a woman or… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
“My emotional range is limited. I can’t do grief, but rage is my friend. For instance, I hate death by sickness. It… — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
Annihilation has no terrors for me, because I have already tried it before I was born -a hundred million years -and I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“My death..I mean..will it be quick,and with dignity? How will i know when the end is coming?" "When you vomit blood,sir," Tao… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
How can we love days that are filled with sorrow? We can't-at least not in the moment. I don't think my mother… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
“And yet I would not be a child again. For surely as the night succeeds the day, So surely will their mirth… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
In that inevitable, excruciatingly human moment, we are offered a powerful choice. This choice is perhaps one of the most vitally important… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
“I didn't emerge from the cocoon of my past to become an uninhibited, emotionally healthy butterfly. Nothing is ever that easy. Sometimes… — Megan Hart Copy Share Image
The most painful tears aren't the ones that form on your eyes and roll down your face,washing away your sorrows, bit by… — Michael Hayssus Copy Share Image
“Rape victims were the people who evoked the most sadness in Bosch. He knew he wouldn’t be able to last a month… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are those, however, that are not frightened of grief: dropping deep into the sorrow, they find therein a necessary elixir to… — David Abram Copy Share Image
It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by the roots,… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
“Thinking is a form of action, a means of activating our most cherished dreams. We can dwell in a negative world of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Bernard was to remember this moment for the rest of his life. As they drank from their water bottles he was struck… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“First, I have culled evidence that physical death is not the end of the road for any of us. I know this… — Mark Ireland Copy Share Image
“Everything assumes a different intensity when you are feeling the pain of loss. Be prepared. A minor annoyance that you might once… — Elizabeth Berrien Copy Share Image
“We got dressed, and walked downstairs and into the parlor. Everyone was clean in the clean parlor, and waiting for supper, sitting… — James Agee Copy Share Image
“Gifts of grace come to all of us. But we must be ready to see and willing to receive these gifts. It… — Jerry Sittser Copy Share Image
In a study we did of bereavement, we found that rather impressive numbers of widows and widowers had not simply gone back… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
I don't know many rules to live by,' he'd said. 'But here's one. It's simple. Don't put anything unnecessary into yourself. No… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Seeing his grief over Eamon makes mine pathetic. No one will feel the loss of his brother more than him. Not his… — Jolene Perry Copy Share Image
“Grief manifested itself in ways that felt like anything but grief; grief obliterated all feelings but grief; grief made a twin wear… — Kamila Shamsie Copy Share Image
It's unsettling, to lose the safety of the familiar, even when what's disrupted is an ordinary routine. When I began this poem,… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“Death is not an unkind fate,’ Darist said above him. ‘If she was a friend, you will miss her company, and that… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
I don't like this." "I know you don't, my little spaetzel. But I am too worn out to run from both the… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry you lost your friends.' 'I'm sorry you lost yours.' Bryce nodded her thanks, going back to stirring. 'I know people… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
Even grief recedes with time and grace. But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that day,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
