3,968 Quotes About Grief

He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.

There once was a girl who found herself dead.She peered over the ledge of heavenand saw that back on earthher sister missed her too much,was way too sad,so she crossed some pathsthat would not have crossed,took some moments in her handshook them upand spilled them like diceover the living world.It worked.The boy with the guitar collidedwith her sister."There you go, Len," she whispered. "The rest is up to you.

You can not die of grief, though it feels as if you can. A heart does not actually break, though sometimes your chest aches as if it is breaking. Grief dims with time. It is the way of things. There comes a day when you smile again, and you feel like a traitor. How dare I feel happy. How dare I be glad in a world where my father is no more. And then you cry fresh tears, because you do not miss him as much as you once did, and giving up your grief is another kind of death.

No one 'just adopts'.

My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.

You can never recover from losing a person you love, but you can find a way to let it be part of your life rather than letting it take over every part of you

No event or situation comes with mandatory feelings or reactions.

Everyone grieves in different ways. For some, it could take longer or shorter. I do know it never disappears. An ember still smolders inside me. Most days, I don’t notice it, but, out of the blue, it’ll flare to life.

Rest in peace? Please, God, no. Haunt me, Sofia. You said you'd haunt me.