Bereavement Quotes

139 Bereavement quotes by 108 unique authors

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief,… — Christopher Morley
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief… — Henri Nouwen
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. — William Penn
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. — Rumi
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires. — Wallace Stevens
Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will,… — Henry David Thoreau
Tears are the silent language of grief. — Voltaire
Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a strange thing to say because I'm at heart… — Michelle Williams
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of… — Henri Nouwen
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break. — William Shakespeare
Nothing lasts forever — Sidney Sheldon
I can remember how when I was young I believed death to be a phenomenon of the body; now I know it to be merely… — William Faulkner
How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury? — Jodi Picoult
When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long… — John Irving
It was the nature of his profession that his experience with death should be greater than for most and he said that while it was… — Cormac McCarthy
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. — Mahatma Gandhi
Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician,… — Khalil Gibran
It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is… — Gregory Maguire
If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine… — Daniel Handler
Deep in earth my love is lying And I must weep alone. — Edgar Allan Poe
It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief; — William C. Bryant

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