Death Quote by Edward Hirsch

Part of elegy is confrontation - not just with the idea of death, but with the person who has died.

— Allison Joseph

Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have...

— Edwin S. Shneidman

Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of…

— Edwin S. Shneidman

To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Mourning is a multifaceted process and sort of comes in waves.

— Lacey Sturm

“Time is ungovernable, but grief presents us with a choice: what do we do with the savage energies of bereavement? What do we do…

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke

Mourning has become unfashionable in the United States. The bereaved are supposed to pull themselves together as quickly as possible and to reweave the…

— Margaret Mead

Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.

— Russell M. Nelson

“The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

This poem is one of a series, all of them elegiac in intention, and subject to the strange forces of mourning that let loose…

— Lyn Hejinian

But grief is also a tonic. It is a healing elixir, made of tears that lubricate the heart.

— Elizabeth Lesser

We need grief as a precursor to emotional refreshment, and so consume it vicariously in somewhat titrated but powerful enough form through engagement with…

— Catherine Wilson