3,968 Quotes About Grief

When I wear her clothes, I just feel safer, like she's whispering in my ear.

Dark now. Blacker than black, I know it. And words are tiny things in the face of all that dark and all that cold. But hear these words, little sister. Hear and know. Tomorrow is coming, just as fast as the turning of the sky. And as sure as it’s black now, the sun will rise. Always. No matter how faint the glow.

What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

All I can say is, it's a sort of kinship, as though there is a family tree of grief. On this branch, the lost children, on this the suicided parents, here the beloved mentally ill siblings. When something terrible happens, you discover all of the sudden that you have a new set of relatives, people with whom you can speak in the shorthand of cousins.

Was there ever a death that involved no regret? ... more often than not, what he first heard in their moment of grief was the word 'should.

Those who do not care, escape the anguish of mourning but never know the delights of love. The meaning of life forever eludes them.

I had spent so much time floundering beneath the weight of regret, thinking that if I had done something differently, he might still be alive. But I suppose all of us are doomed to think this way. We are, after all, the stars of our own stories.

By showing that you don't have to lose yourself, maybe someone else will feel some sort of comfort.

Grief is freeing, but regret is the cul de sac of despair.