Quotes About Loss

All the days that go by only make me seem to be getting further and further away from the day I last saw Eddie, not nearer and nearer the day I shall see him again.

The most we can hope is to go on getting away with it till the others get it away from us

I deleted your number. Although I know the tired digits by heart, scout's honor, pinky promise. I am trying to talk myself out of every emotion I'm having, and of course, it is failing to a fault. I'm still sad, I'm still mad, I'm still heartbroken, I miss you.

All that remains is regret for what might have been. It is like standing in the ashes of a fire you once approached to warm your body a little, but which burned you to the bone instead. Now the ashes are cold, and sometimes you remember that even when your hand was in the flames, you still had a terrible need to thrust it deeper.

know we argued—at times I hated him—but I loved him too, and he was always there. Now there is a hole and I cannot bear to look at it, yet neither can I bear to cover it with earth.

because there are no winners in this sorry state of affairs. We are all losers; we are all diminished.

having something that meant everything was a double-edged sword. It meant you had so much more to lose. ***

Did he think to win them over like this? She remembered the boyish charm he had once possessed and wondered where it had gone. Perhaps like a bag of gold dust with an open top, the winds of time had swirled it away in a glittering spiral until there was nothing left but an empty pouch.

You always take for granted what you have until it is gone. And then you realize how much value it truly held in your life.

Why in God's name did the idiot have to drop dead when all was going so well? I could almost think he has done it to spite me.

Grief was just the moment before you tied the thread and began the next one

There will be a great hole in the fabric of my being when he is gone, but not as great a hole as the one had I not known him.

All that remained were poignant memories, and she must face reality, not live on dreams.

When the need is so great, no matter how much love you pour into a bowl, it will never be full. Or sometimes it is damaged, and the love all runs out through the hole in the bottom.

All that remains is regret for what might have been. It is like standing in the ashes of a fire you once approached to warm your body a little, but which burned you to the bone instead.

He had told her he would love her forever, but he could not stay with her. From that time on, she couldn't see his glow or hear his voice in her head. Could he still hear her? Was he even aware of her existence?

What do you do with your anger when the person you're mad at goes off and dies? Bury it? Bury it inside you?

He can't remeber who he is or where he lives." "Well that's convenient." "Not when it rains.

Aun en la muerte, te quiero junto a mi.

Cuando amas a alguien, nunca se termina... Sigues adelante, porque tienes que hacerlo, pero lo llevas contigo en tu corazón.

Megan, I love you,. I will always love you." I swallowed hard. "Scared?" He asked. "Yeah. How about you?" "Even more than the first time," He said. "I know what it feels like to lose you." Then he bent his head and kissed me.

Avevo visto mia madre innamorarsi così spesso... era come se lo volesse disperatamente, come se stesse soffocando e quella fosse la sua aria. Ci ha lasciato per prendere un'ultima boccata, e alla fine l'amore l'ha uccisa. L'amore ti può distruggere. Può portarti via tutto

Don't call me Naomi, which means pleasant. But call me Miriam, which means bitterness. I will weep, and I will not be comforted, for the Lord God hath dealt bitterly with me." She would light a candle to Mary, Esther decided.

I've had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy.