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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

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

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

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

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

Well, everyone can master grief but he that has it. -William Shakespeare

 

When one person is missing the whole world seems empty. -Pat Schweibert

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

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

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

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

Grieving doesn’t make you imperfect. It makes you human. -Sarah Dessen

 

Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you. -John Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. -Aeschylus