Quotes on Mourning Loss

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

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.

He spoke well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

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

Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have... The deep capacity to weep for the loss of a loved one and to continue to treasure the memory of that loss is one of our noblest human traits.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.