--- title: "4 Grieving Quotes By Kellie Elmore" description: "4 Grieving quotes by Kellie Elmore. Plus more from Kellie Elmore and more Grieving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/kellie-elmore-15187_death_what-happens-when-you-return-and-find-no_6954.jpg" --- > [“...what happens when you return and find nothing but a hollowed shell, shingles and floor, walls and echoes and the light that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/what-happens-when-you-return-and-find-nothing-but-a-hollowed-shell/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/kellie-elmore-15187_death_what-happens-when-you-return-and-find-no_6954.jpg) > [“The train blows, just when I was forgetting. Forgetting that I am here alone. And I wonder if those cars got held…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/the-train-blows-just-when-i-was-forgetting-forgetting-that-i-am-here/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/kellie-elmore-15187_death-of-a-loved-one_the-train-blows-just-when-i-was-forgetti_2013035.jpg) > [“I miss your face. That big bright smile. You always had it, in any weather. It's hard for me to find one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/i-miss-your-face-that-big-bright-smile-you-always-had-it-in-any/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/kellie-elmore-15187_death-and-dying_i-miss-your-face-that-big-bright-smile-y_2053140.jpg) > [“The train blows through town delivering reality, slapping my face and screaming, “You are alone” Rose colored memories drown, taking their last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/the-train-blows-through-town-delivering-reality-slapping-my-face-and/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/kellie-elmore-15187_death_the-train-blows-through-town-delivering_2337251.jpg) ## Other authors on Grieving - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-colmes-10284.jpg) Ranata Suzuki 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/ranata-suzuki/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/william-shakespeare/) - [Mark Twain 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892.jpg) Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-dessen-83191.jpg) Sarah Dessen 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/sarah-dessen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sheryl-sandberg-84955.jpg) Sheryl Sandberg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/sheryl-sandberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-doty-64139.jpg) Mark Doty 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/mark-doty/) - [Judy Tatelbaum 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/judy-tatelbaum/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-lamott-13804.jpg) Anne Lamott 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/anne-lamott/) ## More by Kellie Elmore > [“...what happens when you return and find nothing but a hollowed shell, shingles and floor, walls and echoes and the light that lead you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/what-happens-when-you-return-and-find-nothing-but-a-hollowed-shell/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“Maybe Heaven will be a library and then I might get to finish my ‘to-read’ list.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/maybe-heaven-will-be-a-library-and-then-i-might-get-to-finish-my-to/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“...and the smoke that creeps off the tip of my cigarette and into the dim, scattered strands of light leaking off the moon, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/and-the-smoke-that-creeps-off-the-tip-of-my-cigarette-and-into-the/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“Sing me a love song in a slow, southern drawl to the tune of sunny days...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/sing-me-a-love-song-in-a-slow-southern-drawl-to-the-tune-of-sunny-days/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“Social media has infected the world with a sickening virus called vanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/social-media-has-infected-the-world-with-a-sickening-virus-called/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“Watch me go. Watch me. Because you said i couldn't. Because you thought I wouldn't. Go on, cry now. Cry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/watch-me-go-watch-me-because-you-said-i-couldn-t-because-you-thought/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“I don't want someone to believe my lies, I need someone to accept my truths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/i-don-t-want-someone-to-believe-my-lies-i-need-someone-to-accept-my/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“Life is like a steering wheel, it only takes one small move to change your entire direction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/life-is-like-a-steering-wheel-it-only-takes-one-small-move-to-change/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“Hold love like a butterfly, with gentle preservation. Hold life like the reigns of a wild stallion, with fierce assertion. Encompass that, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/hold-love-like-a-butterfly-with-gentle-preservation-hold-life-like/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“Poetry will die when love and pain cease to exist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/poetry-will-die-when-love-and-pain-cease-to-exist/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [Love is the castle, doubt is the moat, desire is the paddle and hope is the boat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/love-is-the-castle-doubt-is-the-moat-desire-is-the-paddle-and-hope-is/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [When YOU stop believing one person in the world cannot make a difference; differences in the world will be made](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/when-you-stop-believing-one-person-in-the-world-cannot-make-a/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“...and should I die in her care, I would leave smiling because, I will linger in the hills beside her...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/and-should-i-die-in-her-care-i-would-leave-smiling-because-i-will/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“No matter what, we have to keep moving forward, even if we have to crawl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/no-matter-what-we-have-to-keep-moving-forward-even-if-we-have-to-crawl/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) > [“That dip in the road- that sends your belly to your throat... that's how it feels when you kiss me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/that-dip-in-the-road-that-sends-your-belly-to-your-throat-that-s-how/) [Kellie Elmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-elmore/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/kellie-elmore/#itemlist", "name": "4 Grieving Quotes By Kellie Elmore", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...what happens when you return and find nothing but a hollowed shell, shingles and floor, walls and echoes and the light that lead you here has now burned out and the ones who built it have traveled afar and you cant go to them, no matter what shoes you wear.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kellie Elmore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-elmore/what-happens-when-you-return-and-find-nothing-but-a-hollowed-shell/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/kellie-elmore-15187_death_what-happens-when-you-return-and-find-no_6954.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/kellie-elmore-15187_death_what-happens-when-you-return-and-find-no_6954.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/kellie-elmore-15187_death_what-happens-when-you-return-and-find-no_6954.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...what happens when you return and find nothing but a hollowed shell, shingles and floor, walls and echoes…” — Kellie Elmore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The train blows, just when I was forgetting. 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