3,968 Quotes About Grief

(The death of his child) "was the first experience of his life, so far as we know, which drove him to look outside of his own mind and heart for help to endure a personal grief. It was the first time in his life when he had not been sufficient for his own experience.

Lincoln matured best in sorrow.

God didn’t design your life so you would constantly fall down, but he does hope that you will be brought to your knees.

People make faces of a comfort army. In my head, I'm frantically pi.

See, the second reason we have burial rites is that they give people a change to say goodbye. Watching a body get put in the ground or go up in flames or be consigned to the deep, you get the sense there's no coming back. You feel that door slam closed. And you cry or laugh or whatever's your deal, but in some place deep inside, you know things will never be the same. They call that closure.That's the theory, anyways

The grief and anxiety did not die away, but of necessity they receded.

I think it is in grief that we need some reminder of our humanity--and sometimes, someone to say it for us. Poetry steps in at those moments when ordinary words fail: poetry as ceremony, as closure to what cannot be closed.

The universe - fate - is cruel and random. Things happen for many reasons. Things happen for no reason. To shoulder the burden of the universe's caprice is too much for anyone. And it's not fair to you.

Life has to go on even when you don't want it to or when you feel unable to participate. The world doesn't stop turning for anyone.