Mourning Quotes

235 quotes by 194 authors

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths… — Quintus Ennius
I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize. — Joe Hill
I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established… — Queen Latifah
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one. — Thomas Lynch
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. — George S. Patton
There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know. — Jean Paul
You do not see the river of mourning because it lacks one tear of your own. — Antonio Porchia
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break. — William Shakespeare
Naming suffering, exalting it, dissecting it into its smallest components â€“ that is doubtless a way to curb mourning. — Julia Kristeva
See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it — Jodi Picoult
It is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning. For every one of us, living in this world means waiting for… — Seamus Heaney
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
Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain, Have put on black and loving mourners be, Looking… — William Shakespeare
Ruins stood for what was lost, and yet there were beautiful-peaceful, historic, intellectual. Not tragic or regrettable. Lena tried to keep hers that way too,… — Ann Brashares
On a day of burial there is no perspective--for space itself is annihilated. Your dead friend is still a fragmentary being. The day you bury… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Faris turned on him. "Why choose to wear black today, of all days? I know why I'm in black. Why are you? Mourning? He looked… — Caroline Stevermer
When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life. — Anton Chekhov
Intense love always leads to mourning. — Louise GluÌˆck

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