Grief Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.

— William Shakespeare

Nowadays most people wear black most of the time anyway: go to a literary party and one would imagine everyone there was in perpetual…

— Fay Weldon

You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…

— Paulo Coelho

“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.”

— Steven Cooper

“You've been my beacon of light in my storm of grief, and I don't know if I could live without you.”

— Katie Ashley

These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger…

— David Nicholls

You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you're in a beautiful place and the sun is going down

— Thrity Umrigar

That Woman is in love with her own grief.

— Gabrielle Zevin

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

— Ovid

... how much of our inner substance is it good for us to give to public griefs? The whole modern tendency to agonize over…

— Louise Bogan