Grieving Quotes

594 quotes by 453 authors

It will be hard for you not to ask why this must be. God knows why, and that may be as good to us as… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and we stand, and… — Henry Ward Beecher
Let me come in when you are weeping, friend, and let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours, can… — Grace Noll Crowell
Grief makes one hour ten. — William Shakespeare
Every day my love for you grows higher, deeper, wider, stronger... It grows and grows until it touches the tip of where you are and… — Maureen Hunter
I find the love of garden grows upon me as I grow older more and more. Shrubs and flowers and such small gay things, that… — Maria Edgeworth
To walk after the spirit a believer must inhibit his mind from revolving endlessly. If it turns too long around one topic, worries or grieves… — Watchman Nee
Grief is itself a medicine. — William Cowper
Grief is a process, not a state. — Anne Grant
Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a… — Edwin S. Shneidman
Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow. — John Wayne
The suicide does not play the game, does not observe the rules. He leaves the party too soon, and leaves the other guests painfully uncomfortable. — Joyce Carol Oates
And can it be that in a world so full and busy the loss of one creature makes a void so wide and deep that… — Charles Dickens
We find a place for what we lose. Although we know that after such a loss the acute stage of mourning will subside, we also… — Sigmund Freud
As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, I… — Tryon Edwards
In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
A new home by a gap in the Meng wall; Of the old trees, a few gnarled willows are left. Those who come in the… — Wang Wei
In the fall, you don't grieve because the leaves are falling and dying. You say, "Isn't it beautiful!" Well, we're the same way. There are… — Byron Katie
The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not "get over" the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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