Grief Quote by Linda Hawley

“Loss is loss, allow yourself to feel it so you can deal with it.”

— Rachel Van Dyken

“I experienced a devastating loss of self...But in the same moment, I also recognized that a profound commitment had taken root inside me, and…

— Judith Warner

“no pain was permanent, and no loss was real. That even though people treated each other abominably, even though they left, even though you…

— Lisa Alther

“I did not feel then that I was lonely, that I had come out from the world into a desolate place. I appreciated my…

— H.G. Wells

“And why love things you were destined to lose? Why let yourself feel things if the feelings were doomed to die?”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“I couldn’t tell anyone how I felt. I had learned not to feel, or at least not to tell anyone about my feelings. It…

— John E. Monaco

“I cannot lament the loss of a love or a friendship without meditating that one loses only what one really never had.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Even knowing that my presence brought a shadow over the lives of my loved ones, I can't regret the experiences I've had with them.…

— J.D. Stroube

“It occurred to me that more than loss, it was the longing that hurt the most.”

— Samantha Young

“I remember an insight that taught me much about life. One day I felt that I had everything that I really wanted in life.…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

“We all share the sadness of loss. Unless we never love. And that would be an even greater loss.”

— Juliet Ashton

“No wonder I'd always felt lost. I actually was. The knowledge felt terrible, but in a strange way, it also felt good. Now I…

— Lish McBride