3,968 Quotes About Grief

When this wave comes over me and I feel the hollow in my heart that's been there ever since my mum died. Loss does that to you, hits you out of the blue. You can be in the car or in class or at the movies, laughing and having a good time, and suddenly it's as if someone has reached directly into the wound and squeezed with all their might.

Love can heal a person, but no one ever told me, it can destroy a person too.

Aunt YA walked in, saw Kirabo, and wailed, 'Tom, you have not loved this child enough!’ and got down on her knees and keened. Uncle Ndiira disappeared. The women picked up Aunt YA’s lament like a tidal wave.

After you died, I got a puppy. I wear your clothes and tease her sometimes, in case you come back.

In the end it doesn't matter if this creature is really our mother. We feed it things and tell it about our problems. It's still all about us.

Grieving is work in its own right. A harsh, relentless sort of labor.

Some truths only tragedy can teach. The first one I learned is that when people acknowledge your pain, they want your pain to acknowledge them back. They need to witness it in real time, or else you're not doing your part.

One thing I've learned about grief: it's like a creditor's bill. You can put off paying, but it eventually falls due, and exacts usurious interest.""Do they send someone to break your fingers?" said Tess, thinking of the Belgiosos.Armando laughed softly. "You find a way to break them yourself." He paused to let her think about what that entailed; she had some idea. "There's a room in my heart full of unpaid bills," he said. "We all have one. It's useful to go in occasionally and open a few.

That was the great puzzle, and it was played out again and again. How hearts do stop.