424 Quotes About Death-of-a-loved-one

No one is truly lost when they remain in the hearts and minds of those wwho love them

But surely Uncle Akbar could not be dead as they were dead? There must be something indestructible — something that remained of men who had walked and talked with one and told one stories, men whom one had loved and looked up to. But where had it gone? It was all very puzzling, and he did not understand.

There’s only so much room for life and deathin our world. One must be traded for the other.

A dying girl.A pining boy.And a whole lot of robbed years.

Right away, death is word-eating.

She was too young to truly understand our loss, and she was too old to hold in my arms. Yet, I wanted nothing more than to clutch her against me as we faced the burial of her mother.

That's when I know they've never lost someone. If they had, they'd understand. That you always miss them. That the pain doesn't go. That life stops.

Her death leaves me both depleted and emboldened. That's what tragedy does to you, I am learning. The sadness and wild freedom of it all impart a strange durability. I feel weathered and detached, tucking my head against the winds and trudging forward into life.

He is gone and all we have is this world, here and now.