Grief Quote by Judith Ortiz Cofer

“Spanish rain, A maiden’s dress, Apothecary pills And ancient thrills; Melancholy kills A girl’s caress.”

— Roman Payne

“There is no way to bring back what is lost, but maybe telling a tale of beauty is a form of mourning.”

— Stephen Kiernan

“Tragic phrases comfort the heart… Without them, sorrow would be too heavy for men to bear.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It's all rather political, mourning is.”

— Melina Marchetta

“The days of mourning are over now. Wipe those tears from your eyes and speak healing to your wounded heart. Choose to declare victory…

— Gift Gugu Mona

“... in the world, it will be women, mostly colored and poor. women will have to bury children, and support themselves through grief.”

— Suheir Hammad

“Besides, women were better suited to bear sorrow than men.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Just walk fearlessly into the house of mourning, for grief is just love squaring up to its oldest enemy. And after all these mortal…

— Catherine Burns

“You said, ‘Life is a tragedy, but its meaning lies in how we face the tragedy.”

— Ha Jin

“Grief and sorrow; both are fervently shape your character.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Tragedy, however, is an imitation not only of a complete action, but also of incidents arousing pity and fear.”

— Aristotle

“Still, somewhere in the depths of ourselves we all harbor an ashamed, unsatisfied melancholy that quietly awaits a funeral.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre