Grieving Quotes - Page 29

• Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Life, Death

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 9, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

  Helen Keller

  Grief, Losing A Loved One, Loss

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• My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.

  Jandy Nelson

  Sad, Grief, Loss

  Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.163, Penguin

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• Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.

  Bahá'u'lláh

  Passing Away, Prosperity, Should

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• None of us makes it through this life without problems and challenges — and sometimes tragedies and misfortunes. After all, in large part we are here to learn and grow from such events in our lives. We know that there are times when we will suffer, when we will grieve, and when we will be saddened. However, we are told, “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.” How might we have joy in our lives, despite all that we may face? Again from the scriptures: “Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you."

  Thomas S. Monson

  Cheer, Men, Joy

  "Be of Good Cheer". Talk by Thomas S. Monson, www.lds.org. April 2009.

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• I would like to visit the factory that makes train horns, and ask them how they are able to arrive at that chord of eternal mournfulness. Is it deliberately sad? Are the horns saying, Be careful, stay away from this train or it will run you over and then people will grieve, and their grief will be as the inconsolable wail of this horn through the night? The out-of-tuneness of the triad is part of its beauty.

  Nicholson Baker

  Running, Grief, Night

  Nicholson Baker (2007). “Vintage Baker”, p.181, Vintage

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• Angels descending bring from above Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

  Fanny Crosby

  Death, Angel, Echoes

  Fanny Crosby (2008). “Fanny J. Crosby: An Autobiography”, p.36, Hendrickson Publishers

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• That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

  William Wordsworth

  Strength, Sympathy, Time

  William Wordsworth, “Ode On Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood”

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• Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of peopleMaybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time. Hauling them in as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things.

  Jandy Nelson

  Falling In Love, Self, Choices

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• Love is what you've been through with somebody.

  James Thurber

  Love, Marriage, Valentines Day

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• My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.

  C. S. Lewis

  Grief, Ideas, Divine

  C.S. Lewis (2012). “A Grief Observed”, p.31, Faber & Faber

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• To say goodbye is not to develop amnesia

  Jim Noel

  Goodbye, Saying Goodbye, Amnesia

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• It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sympathy, Children, Real

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1757”, p.391, Regnery Publishing

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• Love always triumphs over what we call death. That's why there's no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Triumph, Needs

  "Aleph". Book by Paulo Coelho, 2011.

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• For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him.

  Halldór Laxness

  Men, And Love, Pity

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• 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.

  Julie Burchill

  Love, Sympathy, Death

  "The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations". Book by Mark Water, p. 111, 2000.

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• For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

  Holly Goldberg Sloan

  Moving, Loss, Challenges

  Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.115, Penguin

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• Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Buddhist, Reality, Important

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• The dance of life finds its beginnings in grief......Here a completely new way of living is revealed. It is the way in which pain can be embraced, not out of a desire to suffer, but in the knowledge that something new will be born in the pain.

  Henri Nouwen

  Pain, Grief, Suffering

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• A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.

  A. A. Milne

  Inspirational, Thinking, Saving

  A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com

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• We're more concerned about our own "victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart.

  Jerry Bridges

  Heart, Victory, Facts

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Holiness Day by Day: Transformational Thoughts for Your Spiritual Journey”, p.15, Tyndale House

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• I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.

  Patti Smith

  Flower, Thinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.

  Sarah Dessen

  Grief, Sorrow, Imperfect

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• The leaves fall patiently
  Nothing remembers or grieves
  The river takes to the sea
  The yellow drift of leaves.

  Sara Teasdale

  Fall, Autumn, Yellow

  Sara Teasdale (1937). “Collected poems”

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• The English language has about 450,000 commonly used words, but more may be needed. What to you call someone who has lost a sibling or had a miscarriage? Or a gay person whose partner has died? Or an elderly person who has lost every friend and relative? So many heartaches can't be found in the dictionary.

  Jeffrey Zaslow

  Sibling, Miscarriage, Gay

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