Quotes About Grief

Deep down a broken heart, all the sadness one can bear is misery.

There was no hope in death, only an end.

Death might be a blessing if it means you never have to face this kind of grief.

They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd look like a dork in them." -Corinna

The ticking of the clock has gotten so loud." - 74

Death had touched her, hurt her, and left her to deal with its disagreeable aftermath.

Death, it seems, has a mind of its own.

Not how he died, not what he died of, even less why he died, are of concern, to me, only the fact that he did die, he is dead, is important: the loss to me, to us

A man dies and his skin loses heat like the sand on a summer evening. It makes you feel like warming him up.

Who shall tell the lady's griefWhen her Cat was past relief?Who shall number the hot tearsShed o'er her, beloved for years?Who shall say the dark dismayWhich her dying caused that day?

Death is not something you get over. It's the rip that exposes life in a before and after chasm, and all you can do is try to exist as best you can in the after.

My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.

On the Death of his ChildDew Evaporates And all our world is dew...so dear, So fresh, so fleeting

How terrible, " said Eragon, "to die alone, separate even from the one who is closest to you."

And then his noise falls completely silent-And he stops struggling-And looking right into my eyes-He dies.My Todd dies.

I lost my father this past year, and the word feels right because I keep looking for him. As if he were misplaced. As if he could just turn up, like a sock or a set of keys.

They suffered with his death and she - she suffered with their reaction to it.

Death is never swift... No matter how those left behind would like to comfort themselves with the thought. -Before Ever After

Death cuts off possibilities. Even if they were possibilities you never meant to act on, it feels differentwhen they're gone.

Dante: Evergreens aren't supposed to die

I don't say goodbye very easily, Anna. Not gracefully or prettily.Goodbye tears your heart out and leaves it a feast for carrion birds who happen by.

Death was kind." He drew a sharp breath. "But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child.

That's what death is, Danny thought: wanting to talk to someone and not being able to.

Dark circles under my eyes sink deeper and deeper into my skull, in contrast to my pale skin there is an undeniable resemblance to a fresh corpse.