18 Grief Quotes
Grief, like an ocean, ebbs and flows in our lives. It is the price we pay for the profound love we hold for those we’ve lost. In the midst of sorrow, grief sayings offer solace, reminding us that we are not alone in our pain. They are like gentle whispers from the hearts of those who have walked this path before us, reminding us that healing is possible. These poignant words remind us that grief is a testament to the depth of our connections and the beauty of the love we shared. They guide us through the storm, reminding us that, even in the darkest moments, there is hope for brighter days ahead.
The only way to end grief was to go through it. -Holly Black
Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything. -C.S. Lewis
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us. -Helen Keller
So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love. -E.A. Bucchianeri
Well, everyone can master grief but he that has it. -William Shakespeare
When one person is missing the whole world seems empty. -Pat Schweibert
You can’t truly heal from a loss until you allow yourself to really feel the loss. -Mandy Hale
We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world–the company of those who have known suffering. -Helen Keller
I know now that we never get over great losses; we absorb them, and they carve us into different, often kinder, creatures. -Gail Caldwell
Grieving doesn’t make you imperfect. It makes you human. -Sarah Dessen
Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you. -John Green
Everyone grieves in different ways. For some, it could take longer or shorter. I do know it never disappears. -Maria V. Snyder
Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air. -Pablo Neruda
Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart. -José N. Harris
Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people. -Orson Scott Card
They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite. -Cassandra Clare
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break. -William Shakespeare
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. -Aeschylus