75 Quotes On Grief to Soothe the Soul
In the realm of human emotions, grief stands out as a profound experience that touches everyone’s life at some point. This collection of 75 quotes on grief aims to provide solace, understanding, and a sense of companionship through the journey of loss and healing. Whether you’re grappling with the pain of losing a loved one, or you’re trying to support someone in the throes of bereavement, these carefully curated quotes on grief offer wisdom, comfort, and a reminder that you are not alone in your sorrow. From timeless literary expressions to insights from those who have walked the path of loss, each quotes on grief serves as a beacon of light in the often murky waters of grief. Join us as we explore the depth and diversity of grieving through these powerful quotes, hoping to find a sliver of peace in the shadows of loss.
“Grief is the price we pay for love.”
– Queen Elizabeth II
“The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to.”
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
– C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
“Grief is love’s unwillingness to let go.”
– Unknown
Grief is just love with no place to go.”
– Jamie Anderson
“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.”
– Leo Tolstoy
“The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot.”
– Unknown
“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”
– Aeschylus
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
– Thomas Campbell
“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.”
– Pierre Auguste Renoir
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.”
– Vicki Harrison
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
– From an Irish headstone
“It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.”
– Unknown
“Grief is the price of love. But it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
– Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.”
– Alphonse de Lamartine
“The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love.”
– Hilary Stanton Zunin
“Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love.”
– Unknown
“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.”
– Unknown
“Grief can be a garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.”
– Rumi
“The reality is that we don’t forget, move on, and have closure. But rather we honor, we remember, and incorporate our deceased loved ones into our lives in a new way. In fact, keeping memories of your loved one alive in your mind and heart is an important part of your healing journey.”
– Harriet Schiff
“Grieving is a necessary passage and a difficult transition to finally letting go of sorrow – it is not a permanent rest stop.”
– Dodinsky
“You don’t go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.”
– Nigella Lawson
“Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.”
– C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
“Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.”
– Dylan Thomas
“Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be.”
– Joan Didion
“Grief is the last act of love we can give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.”
– Unknown
“The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives.”
– Rob Liano
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
– Helen Keller
“Grief is a process, not a state.”
– Anne Grant
“Grief is how we love in the face of loss.”
– Unknown
“Grieving does not imply weakness nor absence of faith. Grieving is a reflection of having loved well.”
– Unknown
“Grief is love’s unwillingness to let go.”
– Earl Grollman
“Let me not die while I am still alive.”
– Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
“Grief is a journey, often a long and painful one, but it is a journey nonetheless. There is a beginning, a middle, but there does not have to be an end.”
– Unknown
“The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled to be lost that their loss is no disaster.”
– Elizabeth Bishop, “One Art”
“Sometimes, when one person is absent, the whole world seems depopulated.”
– Lamartine
“Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.”
– Veronica Roth, Insurgent
“Grief is the act of loving someone after they have died. We continue our relationship with them, but now it is a relationship with the dead.”
– Unknown
“Grief is an amputation, but hope is incurable.”
– Unknown
“Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.”
– Joni Mitchell
“Grief is the silent, unwelcome visitor of the night.”
– Unknown
“Grief, no matter how you try to cater to its wail, has a way of fading away.”
– V.C. Andrews
“Grief is a multifaceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed.”
– Unknown
“The only way to get over a death is by seeing it as a life completed, instead of a life interrupted.”
– Unknown
“Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be.”
– Joan Didion
“Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.”
– Haruki Murakami
“Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
“The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love: it is perhaps the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment.”
– Dr. Colin Murray Parkes
“Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is uniquely experienced by each person and requires a personal response.”
– Unknown
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”
– Kenji Miyazawa
“Grieving is a necessary passage to heal the wounds of loss. Our tears are the messengers of profound grief.”
– Unknown
“Grief is the internal part of loss, mourning is the external part.”
– Unknown
“Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical, and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.”
– Earl Grollman
“Grief is a wild animal in the house.”
– Unknown
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place.”
– Rumi
“Grief is itself a medicine.”
– William Cowper
“The act of grieving is just as much an act of love as any other. It is love lived in a wilder form.”
– Unknown
“Grief changes shape, but it never ends.”
– Keanu Reeves
“Sometimes it’s okay if the only thing you did today was breathe.”
– Unknown
“Grief is a peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own accord.” – Joan Didion
“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest.”
– Unknown
“Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.”
– W.S. Merwin
“Grief is the form love takes when someone we love dies.”
– Unknown
“Grief is a process. Sometimes it’s a very long process.”
– Unknown
“You will survive and you will find purpose in the chaos. Moving on doesn’t mean letting go.”
– Mary VanHaute
“Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people.”
– Thomas Horn
“The depth of your grief reflects the depth of your love.”
– Unknown
“Grief is a beast that will never be tamed, but it can be lived with, in the shadow of the love that was lost.”
– Unknown
“Grief is not something you complete, but rather endure. Grief is not a task to finish and move on, but an element of yourself—an alteration of your being.”
– Unknown
“Each man’s grief is his own, and no attempt at consolation must intrude upon it.”
– Unknown
“Grieving is a part of the healing process. Without it, healing could not begin.”
– Unknown
“Grief is love not wanting to let go.”
– Earl Grollman
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