Grief Quote by Jane Austen

We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

— Jane Austen

“A hall to die in, and men to bury me. I thank you, my lords … but I spit upon your pity.”

— George R.R. Martin

“I realized that whilst crying over the loss, the living did not seem adequate because they were not my loved one. The room full…

— Phindiwe Nkosi

“I buried my grief for my son, not my memories, but my grief.”

— Deborah Smith

“The dead lay in a row in the middle of the hall.”

— J.K. Rowling

“He died in his sleep one night. An aneurysm, the doctors said. I found him, cold, smiling. Maybe he’d been dreaming of Mother when…

— Jim Butcher

“His mother is dead, yet she has never not been, in theory, at his shoulder. He wants her not to have known and suffered…

— Graham Swift

“There, just beyond his open palm, was our mother’s face. I wasn’t expecting it. We hadn’t requested a viewing, and the memorial service was…

— Mary Roach

“The man who told my mother that I am dead while alive is indirectly asking for her death.”

— Anthony Ugochukwu O. Aliche

“When my mother died I learned that grief can be a very private thing.”

— Glenn Meade

“I had met death before, in different forms--I knew quite well the pattern of my grieving. First came shock, and then tears, and then…

— Susanna Kearsley

“There’s something special about visiting a graveyard. Both life and death meet together in time.”

— Eric Overby