Griefing Quotes

• Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a loved one and to continue to treasure the memory of that loss is one of our noblest human traits.

  Edwin S. Shneidman

  Memories, Grief, Loss

  Edwin S. Shneidman (1995). “Voices of Death”, Kodansha Globe

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• He spoke well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Sympathy, Condolences, Losing A Loved One

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “Hyperion: A Romance”, p.233

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  When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

  Khalil Gibran

  Moving On, Sympathy, Broken Heart

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.48, Lulu.com

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• Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

  Rumi

  Pain, Grief, Heart

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• It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.

  John Steinbeck

  Loss, Dark, Grieving

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.247, Penguin

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• How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

  A. A. Milne

  Relationship, Meaningful, Goodbye

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• No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.

  John Donne

  Inspirational, Friendship, Death

  Devotions upon Emergent Occasions no. 17 (1624)

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• When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Sympathy, Death

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 3, sc. 2, l. 17

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• That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

  William Wordsworth

  Strength, Sympathy, Time

  William Wordsworth, “Ode On Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood”

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• Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

  Mark Twain

  Friendship, Happiness, Marriage

  Mark Twain (2015). “Following the Equator: "A Journey Around the World"”, p.484, eKitap Projesi

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• Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

  Patti Smith

  Grief, Grieving, Hands

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Sympathy, Missing You, Death

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• There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.

  Lou Reed

  Grief, Adversity, Loss

  "Vision : Defining Your Destiny in Life". Book by Stephen R. Covey, 2000.

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• Those things that hurt, instruct.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hurt, Grief, Teaching

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

  Alton Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Grieving is a journey that teaches us how to love in a new way now that our loved one is no longer with us. Consciously remembering those who have died is the key that opens the hearts, that allows us to love them in new ways.

  Thomas Attig

  Grief, Heart, Loss

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• Comfort comes from knowing that people have made the same journey. And solace comes from understanding how others have learned to sing again.

  Helen Steiner Rice

  Grief, Journey, Grieving

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• Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.

  John Wayne

  Grief, Journey, Grieving

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• One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Freedom, Attitude, Positive Thinking

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• Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

  Jim Butcher

  Bible, Shadow Of Death, Death Of A Loved One

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.997, Penguin

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• My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.

  Jandy Nelson

  Sad, Grief, Loss

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.163, Penguin

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• Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.

  Sarah Dessen

  Grief, Anchors, Bereavement

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.129, Penguin

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• ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee

  John Donne

  Death, Grief, Bereavement

  John Donne, “No Man Is An Island”

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• We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

  Helen Keller

  Grief, Losing A Loved One, Loss

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• And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief.

  William C. Bryant

  Sympathy, Grief, Should Have

  William Cullen Bryant, “The Death Of The Flowers”

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