Grief Quote by Seneca the Younger

Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father,…

— Charles Dickens

It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.

— Ovid

“There is a sacredness in tears…They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”

— Washington Irving

Tears of sorrow are dried in the sun of understanding, one bright day you will smile and understand why things went the way they…

— Kemmy Nola

“Tears of grief are unique. They contain chemicals that aren't found in the more mundane droplets of moisture that bathe the eyes, as if…

— Carol Cassella

For every tear you shed for someone else's grief, it takes one off of their suffering.

— Katie Ashley

Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it From its sad visions of the other world Than calling it at moments back…

— Lord Byron

“We can cry tears for our abandoning of God, tears for our betrayals of love, tears for our children, parents, friends and animals, tears…

— Padma Aon Prakasha

“These tears are proof that there is love in the world. Tears are only bitter when we cry selfishly for ourselves. When we deny…

— Nafisa Haji

I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.

— Virginia Woolf

“When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. If we…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair.

— Leigh Hunt