211 Grief Quotes for You to Enjoy

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it? Henry David Thoreau

You Man Grief Will Long Every Way Sun See Spirit Shadow Only Casts Imperfectly Never He Him Opposite Noon His Falls Did Short Which Turn Body Eve Every Man

Perhaps grief is not about empty, but full. The full breath of life that includes death. The completeness, the cycles, the depth, the richness, the process, the continuity and the treasure of the moment that is gone the second you are aware of it. Alysia Reiner

Grief doesn't have a plot. It isn't smooth. There is no beginning and middle and end. Ann Hood

Grief Beginning Plot Smooth End Middle

The only cure for grief is action. George Henry Lewes

Grief Action Sympathy Only Cure

If trees can create art, if they can encircle the globe seven times in one year, if prisoners can grow plants and raise frogs, then perhaps there are other static entities that we hold inside ourselves, like grief, like addictions, like racism, that can also change. Nalini Nadkarni

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As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that life is still profoundly beautiful and worth living despite the fact that we inevitably lose one another and that life ends, and we don't know what happens after death. Sam Harris

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There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child. David LaChapelle

Grief Mother Losing Nothing More Loss Than Child

Grief releases love and it also instills a profound sense of connection. Jacqueline Novogratz

Love Grief Sense Release Also Connection Profound

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how. James Russell Lowell

Moving On Grief Joy Know How Goes

While I am aware of no counsel on whether kissing should be reserved only for post-mission dating or courtship, I am aware of plenty of counsel concerning honesty in our actions and treating others with respect and kindness. Casual attitudes about expressions of affection such as kissing can cause much grief and heartache. John Bytheway

Kindness Respect Grief Honesty Cause Affection Others Our Plenty About Only Kissing Dating Casual Counsel Attitudes Concerning Am Courtship Heartache Whether While Much Should Actions Reserved Aware Expressions Treating

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. Robert Frost

Politics Grief About Poetry Grievance

I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence - has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day. Marianne Williamson

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Grief is a world you walk through skinned, unshelled. Ariel Levy

You Grief World Walk Through Skinned

Too many people I've loved dearly have left this earth. And some I've lost are still here breathing the same air. That grief can be comparable if not worse in its consumption. Aunjanue Ellis

Grief People Too Many People Lost Too Air Earth Worse Some Consumption Still Dearly Left Same Loved Breathing Many Comparable Here

And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy. Fran Drescher

Funny Grief Joy Remember Side Lies Also Because Very

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. James Martineau

Grief Memory Sympathy Only Affections Widowed

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Jean de la Bruyere

Happiness Life Grief Hates Absence Person Loved Loved One Compared

The grief of losing my father has come in waves over the years, as it does with most people. His love and devotion as a father provided my closest, most intimate relationship. Dad, and our time together, is in my bones. While reflecting on him, the memories themselves seem to boil down into certain 'essences of Dad.' Jennifer Grant

Love Time Relationship Memories Together Grief People Losing Father Down Our Waves Intimate Our Time Seem Over Come Most Devotion Him Does His Years Provided Reflecting Closest While Themselves Certain Boil Dad Bones

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. Joseph Addison

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