Quotes About Grief

I wish I could lose feelings just as fast as I lost you.

I'd be lying if I told you losing you was something I could handle.

If I should die tonight and the reason remains unknown, tell not the whole world, but the one I love that I died of a broken heart, not because he loved me too little but because I loved him too much.

Merciful God, release us from the time of trial and oppression, that we may witness to the eternal hope of grief becoming joy and life rising from death. Amen.

Through all those times I lived in sorrows, I learned that grief isn't the answer, but staying happy is what keeps life going.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone.

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions.

That is—your friend?" "Philtatos," Achilles says, sharply. Most beloved."Best of men, and slaughtered by your son.

Perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.

The room turned gray, then white. The bed felt cold without him, and too large. I heard no sounds, and the stillness frightened me. It is like a tomb. I rose and rubbed my limbs, slapped them awake, trying to ward off a rising hysteria. This is what it will be, every day, without him. I felt a wild-eyed tightness in my chest, like a scream. Every day, without him.

But why did the madness come?" "The gods wished to punish him," Chiron answered. Achilles shook his head, impatiently. "But this was a greater punishment for her. It was not fair of them." "There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles," Chiron said. "And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?" "Perhaps," Achilles admitted.

I was a grey space filled up with nothing but air. What could I say? One of us must grieve. I would not let it be him.

When he was gone, would I be like Achilles sailing over his lost lover Patroclus? I tried to picture myself running up and down the beaches, tearing at my hair, cradling some scrap of old tunic he had left behind. Crying out for the loss of half my soul.

Aquiles solloza. Me acuna, no come ni pronuncia otra palabra que no sea mi nombre. Contemplo su rostro como si lo viera a través del agua, igual que un pez observa el sol. Vierte una catarata de lágrimas, pero yo no puedo enjugárselas. Este es mi elemento ahora: la media vida de un espíritu insepulto.

i did not care. i would have no need of her. i did not plan to live after he was gone.

Qué era lo que más quería? - Su amante, Patroclo. No me apreciaba mucho, pero también es cierto que los buenos guerreros nunca me aprecian. Aquiles enloqueció tras su muerte; o estuvo a punto de enloquecer.

not when I stood in his blood.

Philtatos" He said sharply. Most beloved "Best of men and slaughtered by your son.

A dozen times grief had scorched, but its fire had never burned through my skin.

There was grief, and so there always would be. But the gray fog was gone. I felt distant and very clear, like a hawk born upon the highest aether.

The heavy knowledge: my father is dead. He would wake up with that thought for a long time, I knew.

then I see the tomb, and the marks she has made on the stone. A C H I L L E S, it reads. And beside it, P A T R O C L U S. 'Go,' she says. 'He waits for you.

As for the goddess' answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone

There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles," Chiron said. "And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. Do you think?" "Perhaps," Achilles admitted. I listened and did not speak. Achilles' eyes were bright in the firelight, his face drawn sharply by the flickering shadows. I would know it in dark or disguise, I told myself. I would know it even in madness