Humor Quote by Joseph Heller

“When a husband loses his wife, they call him a widower. When a wife loses her husband, they call her a widow. And when…

— Bhavya Kaushik

“Isn’t it tragic that sometimes it takes grief to understand what we have held so dear?”

— Priscille Sibley

Grief is only the memory of widowed affection. The more intense the delight in the presence of the object, the more poignant must be…

— James Martineau

“Grief, my dear, is love's bittersweet encore—a poignant ovation to the bonds we held dear. As we mourn, we unravel the threads of affection…

— lifeispositive.com

“Grief is part of my human experience. There will always be loss during my lifetime. Loss has come in a variety of forms to…

— Lisa J. Shultz

I extend my condolences to those who have lost a loved one by saying, Good mourning.

— Rudy Espinoza

“Grieving the loss of a loved one—whether human or animal—is not only permissible, it is essential.”

— Linda Bender

“Grief was a kind of illness, he maintained, and ran a course as predictable as measles or the common cold. Its fever always abated,…

— Patrick Gale

“People say they miss the deceased. I missed my father and my mother when they were still fully alive. They travelled through my childhood…

— Sylvia Kristel

“Sadness is awkward. Grief is awkward. A missing mother is awkward, no matter what form that missing takes. And no one likes awkward. No…

— Ashley Herring Blake

“When my first wife died long ago, in Ethiopia, I thought I knew grief. But until you have witnessed the death of a loved…

— Tananarive Due

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

— Deborah Smith