Bereavement Quotes

139 quotes by 114 authors

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. — Jean de la Bruyere
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to… — Julie Burchill
Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care… — Saul Alinsky
There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of… — Aldous Huxley
I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart....The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of their… — James Martineau
Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove. — William Ralph Inge
It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some… — Anthony Storr
It's better to keep grief inside. Grief inside works like bees or ants, building curious and perfect structures, complicating you. Grief outside means you want… — Hilary Thayer Hamann
Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. — James Martineau
All of our suffering in life is from saying we want one thing and doing another. — Debbie Ford
If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separation (and this may be one of their purgatorial sufferings), then for… — C.S. Lewis
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost,… — Abraham Lincoln
A break up is the closest thing to bereavement — Lindsey Kelk
I need someone who believes that the sun will rise again but who does not fear my darkness. Someone who can point out the rocks… — Joe Mahoney
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the… — George Bernard Shaw
Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it. Sadness, whether it be from bereavement, or disappointment, or misfortune… — James De Mille
When your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets in to you, may a flock of colours, indigo, red, green… — John O'Donohue
You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the… — Khalil Gibran
I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent still linger in… — Libba Bray
Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places… — Patti Davis

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