Quotes About Grief

she surprised herself at the strength of her grief

then her mother died, devoured from the inside by the ruthless, ravenous, carnivorous disease that started off with one organ before moving on to destroy the others

A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.

But grief let loose from a woman who lost a child—that was the worst type of grief of all.

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

There is no suffering for him who has finished his journey, and abandoned grief, who has freed him self on all sides, and thrown off all fetters.

As the sunlight raced across the brilliant Savannah sky, the day unfolded like a beautiful yet painfully wrapped gift. Momma had left this world and set herself free, and in doing so, she had set me free too. As much as I missed her and wished I could hear her laughter one more time, I believed she was out there in the big bright somewhere, watching me, cheering for me. Loving me.

We're not supposed to outlive our children. It goes against nature's plan of things.

Nineteen words I counted them. That's all he had to say to me. Nineteen meaningless little words. And that's when my father died to me--right there in the driveway.

Momma had left this world and set herself free, and in doing so, she had set me free too. As much as I missed her and wished I could hear her laughter one more time, I believed she was out there in the big bright somewhere, watching me, cheering for me. Loving me.

like a deep bruise, the memory of Momma's final day jolts me whenever I bump up against it. I suspect it always will. So much about my mother's life and death would forever remain a mystery

My dog Ginger passed away

It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a period—days or weeks—without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as unexpected as a thunderclap, the realization would rip the protective coating from my senses. Maybe that's the way it is with trick knees and aging griefs. Totally pain free one moment and absorbingly painful the next.

Six years is plenty long enough to soothe the tearing anguish of...death, but maybe no amount of time is enough to soothe something that is no longer there. Something like an emptiness that can never be filled because it's only a bit of space carved out of air.

In real life, one of my friends was killed in a car accident during our sophomore year.

The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.

Few experiences in life quite match the feelings of horror, fear, helplessness, and grief that families experience when someone they love becomes addicted to alcohol or other drugs. They watch in dismay as the addict becomes alienated from the family and undergoes profound changes. Activities that once brought the addict pleasure are abandoned, old friends are pushed away, and the addict withdraws into a world that is inaccesible to anyone who tries to help.

Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.

For that which is born death is certain, and for the dead birth is certain. Therefore grieve not over that which is unavoidable.

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it

And desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.

How long shall I harbor sorrow in my soul, grief in my heart day after day? Look, answer me, O Lord, my God!

In much wisdom is much grief.

When the young die and the old live, nature's machinery is working with the friction that we name grief.