3,968 Quotes About Grief

If you've been hurt and you've grieved and you've been through the mill, it takes a long time to get over it.

It is important to remember that emotional pain comes in waves. Remind yourself that there will be a pause in between waves.

Durerea nu se deconstruiește, nu se explică, nu se compară cu altele sau cu a altora. N-o afișezi pentru compasiunea semenilor, n-o arăți ca pe o rană pe trupul tău de viteaz. Nu te fălești cu ea. O trăiești în tine, cu tine.

It took my heart a lifetime to understand that nothing is ever mine. Everything is given and all things will be taken away.

Sorrow spoken lends a little courage to the speaker.

It’s not okay,” I tell her. This gets her attention; it’s not what she was expecting. “You don’t have to be okay.” “What do you want from me?” Her voice is ragged, desperate. “I want you to let yourself be broken. Let yourself hurt.” She shakes her head again. “I can’t. If I let it out, it’ll never stop.” “Yes, it will.

I respect the hell out of her for how hard she’s working to be okay. I just wish she’d let me show her how to let go, how to let herself hurt. I want to take her pain.

Grief made you selfish; engulfed as you were in your own pain, it was hard to remember the others were suffering too.

...you must never partly love or stop half way - because then, you become superficial and cannot be deeply hurt or loved...