Grief Quotes

Grief is like a drunken house guest, always coming back for one more goodbye hug.

Lincoln matured best in sorrow.

Grief brought to numbers cannot be so fierce, For, he tames it, that fetters it in verse.

The very nastiest and coarsest, I can't tell you. It is not grief, not dullness, but much worse. It is as if all that was good in me had hidden itself, and only what is horrid remains.

In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on.

Is there no pity sitting in the clouds that sees into the bottom of my grief?

The grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break.

Every one can master a grief but he that has it.

What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief.

Loss is only temporary when you believe in God!

But in all of the sadness, when you’re feeling that your heart is empty, and lacking, You’ve got to remember that grief isn’t the absence of love. Grief is the proof that love is still there.

Grief, we know where we've been. We know where we want to be.

On grief. We know where we've been. We know where we want to be.

I will always wear this scar. It's called love.

To ease a grieving heart is the world's greatest pleasure, more so, when the heart is yours.

Every wonderful quality "in" someone is waiting to be recognized in all of life's great symphony.

When everything looks the same on the outside, yet everything has changed on the inside, we break. We break in half.This is the duality of loss.

Grief came in waves, sometimes big, sometimes small, but even on the calmest days, the grief remained. The tide still came ashore.

It’s okay to cry. Giving in to the tears is terrifying, like freefalling to earth without a parachute. But it’s vital to our wellbeing as we process the deep anguish.

Just as it is impossible to explain childbirth to a woman who has never given birth, it is impossible to explain child loss to a person who has never lost a child.

Maybe there is no one way to deal with grief, but knowing that we're not totally alone is the best we can do.

Never compare your grief.You - and only youwalk your path.

This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold.

So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that which made me has ceased to exist.

Grief, no matter how you try to cater to its wail, has a way of fading away.

Your memory feels like home to me.So whenever my mind wanders, it always finds it’s way back to you.

Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: Why can't you see who I truly am?

Sometimes, hope is even harder to bear than grief.

Heaven is a place where all the dogs you've ever loved come to greet you.

Dead. Even in the silence of my mind I cannot think the word. I cannot acknowledge this most obvious and terrible of truths.

There is an ocean of silence between us… and I am drowning in it.

I had someone once who made every day mean something.And now…. I am lost….And nothing means anything anymore.

If you cannot hold me in your arms, then hold my memory in high regard.And if I cannot be in your life, then at least let me live in your heart.

I miss that feeling of connection.Knowing he was out there somewhere thinking about me at the same time I was thinking about him.

The last time I felt alive – I was looking into your eyes.Breathing your air…. touching your skin…… Saying goodbye….The last time I felt alive…. I was dying.

He was both everything I could ever want…And nothing I could ever have…

Though these words will never find you, I hope that you knew I was thinking of you today….. and that I was wishing you every happiness.Love Always, The girl you loved once.

I have poured my heart out ….And now I am empty.

The only place I ever felt at home was with you. There isn’t a place for me anywhere anymore… I’ve been evicted.

I would have followed you to hell and back... if only you'd lead me back.

I raised you so high that every other man on earth is now doomed to live in your shadow.

He looked at me like I was the stars when all I’d ever felt like was the dark nothingness between them.

Like so many others my story begins with that same old line…. ‘So anyway, there was this guy….’ Until one day…. there wasn’t.And nothing was ever the same after that….

Though life has fated that we never cross paths again, don’t ever feel alone. For we are parallel …. and I will always be by your side.

Though it’s reasons to burn may vary... you are always the fuel of my fire.

It’s difficult for me to imagine the rest of my life without you. But I suppose I don’t have to imagine it... I just have to live it

It’s times like this…. when it’s over a year later and I’m still crying over you that I want to turn to you and say: See…. This is why I asked you never to kiss me.

My heart’s been empty since you left - but still I refuse to put up a vacancy sign.I’m just not ready for anybody else to move in yet.

I write what I love.I will not stop – even when my hand hurts….…. because I cannot stop – even though my heart hurts….