Grief Quotes

I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn’t get better. You get better.

A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.

In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you and take your grief and make it my own.

It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.

If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

There were thirst and hunger, and you were the fruit. There were grief and the ruins, and you were the miracle.

A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.

Do not surrender your grief so quickly Let it cut more deeply Let it ferment and season you As few human or divine ingredients can Something is missing in my heart tonight That has made my eyes so soft And my voice so tender And my need of God so absolutely clear.

I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other’s arms.