Grief Quotes

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Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no lon

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons.

Time Change Grief Thetimes

Oh God, God, why did you take such trouble to force this cre

Oh God, God, why did you take such trouble to force this creature out of its shell if it is now doomed to crawl back -- to be sucked back -- into it?

Death Loss Grief Grieving Stillbirth

In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children a

In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on.

Pain Grief Sovereignty Of God

Is there no pity sitting in the clouds that sees into the bo

Is there no pity sitting in the clouds that sees into the bottom of my grief?

William Shakespeare

Grief Pitty

Grief makes one hour ten

Grief makes one hour ten

William Shakespeare

Grief

-Just remember, what the French say. No, probably not the Fr

-Just remember, what the French say. No, probably not the French, they've got a president or something.The Brits, maybe, or the Swedes. You know what I mean?- No, Matthew. What do they say?- The king is dead, that's what they say. The king is dead. Long live the king.

Death Change Grief Royalty

There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in

There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving of officious help to strangers, but there is no sanctuary in one bed from the memory of another. The past with its anguish will break through every defense-line of custom and habit; we must sleep and therefore we must dream.

Grief Grieving

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers th

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.

William Shakespeare

Communication Words Grief Sorrow

Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be

Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.

George Bernard Shaw

Grief Grieving

No one can keep his grieves in their prime; they use themsel

No one can keep his grieves in their prime; they use themselves up.

Grief Grieving

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us...

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us...

Orison Swett Marden

Grief Grieving

There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook

There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up crying, but only for a month. That after 42 days you will no longer turn with your heart racing, certain you have heard her call out your name. That there will be no fine imposed if you feel the need to clean out her desk; take down her artwork from the refrigerator; turn over a school portrait as you pass - if only because it cuts you fresh again to see it. That it's okay to measure the time she has been gone, the way we once measured her birthdays.

Time Grief Limitation

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best

Benjamin Franklin

Grief

Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul w

Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and grief! He who has not seen the things of this world, and the heart of men in this double light, has seen nothing, and knows noting of the truth.

Love Soul Suffering Grief Anguish Feeling

Grief is light that is capable of counsel.

Grief is light that is capable of counsel.

Grief Grieving

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

Grief Grieving

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It i

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

Family Grief

Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own bu

Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Grief Grieving

All things grow with time -- except grief.

All things grow with time -- except grief.

Yiddish Proverb

Grief Grieving

Time heals old pain, while it creates new ones.

Time heals old pain, while it creates new ones.

Grief Grieving