Grieving Quotes

594 quotes by 453 authors

Youâ€™ll get over itâ€¦â€ Itâ€™s the clichÃ©s that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You donâ€™t… — Jeanette Winterson
Parting is inevitably painful, even for a short time. It's like an amputation, I feel a limb is being torn off, without which I shall… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no… — John O'Donohue
Isn't it true that you start your life a sweet child believing in everything under your father's roof? Then comes the day of the Laodiceans,… — Jack Kerouac
Our sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. â€¦Sadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy… — John Bradshaw
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of… — Samuel Johnson
Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor… — Christina Rossetti
Divinity must live within herself: Passions of rain, or moods in the falling snow; Grievings in loneliness, or unsubdued Elations when the forest blooms; gusty… — Wallace Stevens
Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night's sleep, and will be able… — Jonathan Safran Foer
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways--either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the… — Dalai Lama
Grief is a most peculiar thing; weâ€™re so helpless in the face of it. Itâ€™s like a window that will simply open of its own… — Arthur Golden
Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's… — Nicholas Sparks
February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness of the spring.… — Boris Pasternak
In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time.… — Abraham Lincoln
There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up crying, but only for a… — Jodi Picoult
And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time,… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and… — A A Milne
Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them? — Melina Marchetta
In losing a friend, she is reminded of all she has lost and all she stands to lose again. There is nothing to be done… — Alice Hoffman
Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must… — Brian Jacques

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