3,968 Quotes About Grief

Less than two weeks ago, my husband was perfectly normal ... and now he has a brain tumor? How can this be our life?

I understood for the first time how correct it was to say that she was 'survived by her husband'. I had seen that expression used in obituaries without ever giving it a thought, but it turned out to be a term of great precision. I had survived Mary Rose only barely. I was struggling to survive her.

Have I said yet that we were lucky to be surrounded by so many amazing people, both near and far?

It seems to me, that if we love, we grieve. That’s the deal. That’s the pact. Grief and love are forever intertwined. Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love and, like love, grief is non-negotiable.

The people we lose never truly leave, but that only we get to define how they stay.

The closest bond that we share with our brethren is that of grief. Every community knows sorrow.

Glioblastoma is insidious. It spreads quickly and can spring up from a few cells to a full-fledged tumor that impacts daily living in a matter of weeks.

The guy on the roof nods--it looks like this time, he heard something--and shouts back at me, "How did you know? How did you know she died?" Someone always dies, I want to yell back at him. Always. If not her, then someone else.

The laptop, to which I had been chained for so many years of corporate work, was becoming my lifeline to the outside world.