686 Quotes About Grief-and-loss

Now, what’s stirring in this murky sea of complexity and foolishness is an almost suffocating need to breathe fresh history.

Never say you understand someone's pain if you haven't felt the same, because not only would you sound mocking but also ignorant.

I'm afraid of waking upto a world where you seeand I am not what you saw

Allowing grief to make its mark in your life—whether you’re altering habits and routines, making art, or attending a grief event—acknowledges and honors the fact that grief is a powerful, life-altering force.

They say love can last forever, but they never mentioned how quickly it can be taken.he made thirty days feel like forever, and that was the best and worst thing about him.

When I complain about the bandages she says: 'I promise you that when you take them off you'll be just as you were before.' And it is true. When she takes them off there is not one line, not one wrinkle, not one crease.And five weeks afterwards there I am, with not one line, not one wrinkle, not one crease.And there he is, lying with a ticket tied around his wrist because he died in a hospital. And there I am looking down at him, without one line, without one wrinkle, without one crease...

They loved Ender too, and knew him too; but in their grief, they leaned upon each other, a family that had strength to share because Ender had been part of them and healed them, or at least opened up the door of healing.

I came here for the truth, but not this truth.

But in a home where grief is fresh and patience has long worn thin, making it through another day is often heroic in itself.