612 Quotes About Mourning

  • Author Nickole Brown
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    I want you to grab a rag,a sponge, the corner of your shirt―anything you can find—to sopup the liquid—so much of ityou can’t tell what’s what—be itmucus or bile or vomit or blood―as if every water has been brought upfor this giving-in, as if his bodyis already a river and rushing away.

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    #animal #animals #death #grief #mourning
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I want you to grab a rag,a sponge, the corner of your shirt―anything you can find—to sopup the liquid—so much of ityou can’t tell what’s what—be itmucus or bile or vomit or blood―as if every water has been brought upfor this giving-in, as if his bodyis already a river and rushing away.

-Nickole Brown

You can't love your mother or father if you don't also have the capacity to grieve their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives.

-Glenn Beck

I was accused of Mourning in the Graveyard!Well the irony speaks for itself!

-Somya Kedia

Do your things on earth as your heart commands!When there comes to you that day of mourning,The Weary-hearted hears not their mourning, Wailing saves no man from the pit!

-Miriam Lichtheim

  • Author Joanna Russ
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    If Earth had been hit by plague, by fire, by war, by radiation, sterility, a thousand things, you name it, I'd still stand by her; I love her; I would fight every inch of the way there because my whole life is knit to her. And she'd need mourners. To die on a dying Earth- I'd live, if only to weep.

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    #apocalypse #death #earth #love #mourning
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If Earth had been hit by plague, by fire, by war, by radiation, sterility, a thousand things, you name it, I'd still stand by her; I love her; I would fight every inch of the way there because my whole life is knit to her. And she'd need mourners. To die on a dying Earth- I'd live, if only to weep.

-Joanna Russ

Mourning is like virginity. You should give it to the one who deserves it most.

-Elif Shafak

May God strengthen us to be steady in times of mourning.

-Lailah Gifty Akita

  • Author Pat McLeod
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    Until that moment, I had assumed my job--my role in the crisis--was to absorb the grief, anger, and pain building up and spilling out around Tammy and our kids. Absorb their grief so they wouldn't feel the full brunt. My job. But that night, I expressed my sorrow rather than trying to deflect or divert the hard hit Tammy had also taken. Judging from her response, it appeared more meaningful to her than the strength I'd been trying to portray.

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    #grief #loss #men #mourning
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Until that moment, I had assumed my job--my role in the crisis--was to absorb the grief, anger, and pain building up and spilling out around Tammy and our kids. Absorb their grief so they wouldn't feel the full brunt. My job. But that night, I expressed my sorrow rather than trying to deflect or divert the hard hit Tammy had also taken. Judging from her response, it appeared more meaningful to her than the strength I'd been trying to portray.

-Pat McLeod

I have died at the ripe age of twenty.Smile, for the world didn't get a chance to disappoint me.I have died at the mature age of ninety.Smile, for my life was more than satisfying.I have died suddenly—out of the blue.Smile, for I didn't have to fall ill before you.I have died from a long illness.Smile, for I had the chance to say goodbye.I did not want to leave this Earth.But smile, for I am still here among you.Why are you crying?Can you not see I am smiling?

-Kamand Kojouri

 

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