Grief Quote by John Donne

“Grief works its way on people differently. Some sulk, or become morose, or weep and scream a vengeance at the gods.”

— Maya Angelou

“My particular grief Is of so flood-gate and o'erbearing nature That it engluts and swallows other sorrows, And it is still itself.”

— William Shakespeare

“Grief is an animal you can never quite tame: after a long silence in the shadows, it may stir again and scratch open the…

— Emmi Itäranta

“Grief never ends … But it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack…

— Donna VanLiere

“Grief is a sword, or it is nothing.”

— Paul Monette

“Well, it is a particular sin to permit grief for what is gone to poison the praise for what blessings remain to us.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“After misery follow, or are at least promised to in the unwritten manuscripts of Gods, great things. Sometimes, that great thing can be death.”

— Nina

“There are some griefs so loud They could bring down the sky, And there are griefs so still None knows how deep they lie,…

— May Sarton

“Even in times of grief, we can keep from being submerged and shattered if we seek out God’s words of comfort today, letting shafts…

— Ruth Myers

“That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”

— N.H. Kleinbaum

“I am thinking of Achilles’ grief, he said. That famous, terrible, grief. Let me tell you boys something. Such grief can only be told…

— Tobias Wolff

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues.…

— Washington Irving