Death Quote by Jandy Nelson

I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe.

— Jandy Nelson

“Trees raised their naked, mottled branches to the sky like mourners stilled in attitudes of grief.”

— Arundhati Roy

“Grief is a closet Full of emptiness As shoes Without your feet, Hats Without your head.”

— Anonymous

“Grief is an ambush. You’re walking along feeling fine, look down, see a leaf, and begin to weep. —Jack”

— Naomi Shihab Nye

“There's no such thing as simple mourning for anyone, really, except that as writers our grief becomes woven into the fabric of our work…

— Edwidge Danticat

“Grief never goes away. It just changes. At first it's like molten-hot lava dripping from your heart and hollowing you from the inside. Over…

— Tyrell Johnson

“Great grief can be worn charmingly by a beauty and I have seen a lot of gracious dignity at funerals in my time but…

— Julian Fellowes

“I did not know the work of mourning Is like carrying a bag of cement Up a mountain at night The mountaintop is not…

— Edward Hirsch

“Grief is like any dog, once in and fed, it won’t go, but crawls in a corner and stays. And my sorrow is the…

— Vanessa Place

“Grief is like sinking, like being buried. I am in water tawny color of kicked up dirt Every breath is full of choking. there…

— Lauren Oliver

“Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it. We anticipate (we know) that someone close to us…

— Joan Didion

“When someone is grieving He had too much respect for sorrow to approach it with curiosity. He had learned to put off his shoes…

— MacDonald George