Quotes on Grieving And Loss

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

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.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

The dog of your boyhood teaches you a great deal about friendship, and love, and death: Old Skip was my brother. They had buried him under our elm tree, they said-yet this wasn't totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

There is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.

We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.