Consolation Quote by Lord Chesterfield

Grief is sort of the allowance of feeling.

— Carrie Brownstein

But there is a discomfort that surrounds grief. It makes even the most well-intentioned people unsure of what to say. And so many of…

— Meghan O'Rourke

For grief is crowned with consolation.

— William Shakespeare

“Great grief can be worn charmingly by a beauty and I have seen a lot of gracious dignity at funerals in my time but…

— Julian Fellowes

Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a comparison with…

— William Wycherley

One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down…

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

When grief is deepest, words are fewest.

— Ann Voskamp

Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy.

— Megan Hart

In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

— Mary Todd Lincoln

the grief that can be turned into words soon heals.

— Nellie L. McClung

If we are willing, the experience of grief can deepen and widen our ability to participate in life.

— John Claypool