Grieving Quotes

594 quotes by 453 authors

When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that… — Patrick Swayze
Tears water our growth. — William Shakespeare
Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water. — Sue Grafton
Sorrows come to stretch out places in the heart for joy. — Edwin Markham
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. — Ovid
Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists. — Antonio Porchia
No one can keep his griefs in their prime; they use themselves up. — Emile M. Cioran
Comfort comes from knowing that people have made the same journey. And solace comes from understanding how others have learned to sing again. — Helen Steiner Rice
If you know someone who has lost a child, and you're afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding… — Elizabeth Edwards
I think of death as some delightful journey that I shall take when all my tasks are done. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Mourning can go on for years and years. It doesn't end after a year, that's a false fantasy. It usually ends when people realize that… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
For each thorn, there's a rosebud... For each twilight - a dawn... For each trial - the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heartbreak is life educating us. — George Bernard Shaw
My grief lies onward, and my joy behind. — William Shakespeare
When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a while or ultimately… — Michael J. Fox
There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another… — O. Henry
I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make… — Gloria Naylor
Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released. Once we have asked to be healed, then our unhealed… — Marianne Williamson
It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the… — Mark Twain
Eleonora Duse said, "Tell me about Deirdre and Patrick," and made me repeat to her all their little sayings and ways, and show her their… — Isadora Duncan

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