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155 Grief Quotes To Inspire & Help Deal with Loss of Loved One (2022)

Despite being a universal part of our human experience, death, especially that of someone we love, can leave us feeling devastated.

Anyone faced with great loss feels as if a part of them has been torn away.

After someone passes away, those left behind are tasked with carrying on their lives.

But for us to go on with our lives, we need to let go of those we love who are no longer with us.

Grief is that process that helps us gradually accept the loss and allow the dead to be gone from our lives but always remembered.

Because although a loved one may be gone, you can keep their memory and legacy alive by celebrating their life.

You can honor the life and memory of the deceased in many different ways, including keeping something of theirs with you, supporting a cause close to their heart, making a tribute donation to a nonprofit, dedicating an event to their memory, sharing their stories and photos, and living your best life.

To help commemorate and remember the deceased, below is our collection of inspirational and uplifting grief quotes, grief sayings, and grief proverbs, collected from a variety of sources over the years.

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Grief quotes celebrating the life of someone who passed away

1. “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” — C.S. Lewis

2. “We need to grieve the ones we have loved and lost in this lifetime — not to sustain our connection to suffering, but to sustain our connection to love.” – J. W.

3. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell

4. “Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” – Vicki Harrison

5. “What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller

6. “They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.” — WILLIAM PENN

7. “Never. We never lose our loved ones. They accompany us; they don’t disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms.” – Paulo Coelho

8. “Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you love, you will grieve, and that’s just given.” – Kay Redfield Jamison

9. “While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.” – Samuel Johnson

10. “When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.” – Sufi Epigram

Grief quotes to bring healing and peace

11. “Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature’s delight.” – Marcus Aurelius

12. “If I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile.” – Santosh Kalwar

13. “Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II

14. “The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief – But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love.” – Hilary Stanton Zunin

15. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa

16. “Grief is just love with no place to go.” — Jamie Anderson

17. “I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone-you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence. ” – Alyson Noel

18. “Wishing you strength for today and hope for tomorrow.” – Renee O’Neill

19. “As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” – Leonardo da Vinci

20. “To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.” — J.K. Rowling

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Grief quotes to help heal your heart and strengthen you

21. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” — Winnie the Pooh

22. “Some things in life cannot be fixed. They can only be carried.” – Megan Devine

23. “I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

24. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” – Rumi

25. “Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” – José N. Harris

26. “Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.” – Leo Tolstoy

27. “Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.” – Leo Buscaglia

28. “Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.” – Sarah Dessen

29. “Although it’s natural to forget your power after you lose a loved one, the truth is that after a breakup, divorce, or death, there remains an ability within you to create a new reality.” – Louise Hay and David Kessler

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30. “Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. ” – Joni Mitchell

Grief quotes to help commemorate and remember the deceased

31. “Grant but memory to us, and we lose nothing by death.” – John G. Whittier

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32. “There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.” – Aeschylus

33. “No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.” – Faraaz Kazi

34. “Grief reunites you with what you’ve lost. It’s a merging; you go with the loved thing or person that’s going away. You follow it a far as you can go. But finally,the grief goes away and you phase back into the world. Without him.” – Philip K. Dick

35. “Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.” – C.S. Lewis

36. “Acceptance is not about liking a situation. It is about acknowledging all that has been lost and learning to live with that loss.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler

37. “Love and grief come as a package deal. If you love, you will one day know sorrow.” – David Kessler

38. “It is not the length of the life, but the depth of the life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

39. “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller

40. “The only way to end grief was to go through it.” – Holly Black

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Grief quotes on coping and life after loss

41. “Some things cannot be fixed; they can only be carried. Grief like yours, love like yours, can only be carried.” – Megan Devine

42. “Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.” – Anne Roiphe

43. “I learned that, with grief, you have to take it one day at a time and learn how to find the happiness amid the heartbreak.” – Adrienne C. Moore

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44. “It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.” – Patti Davis

45. “Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.” – Xenophon

46. “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.” – Kahlil Gibran

47. “Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.” – Marcel Proust

48. “Grief starts to become indulgent, and it doesn’t serve anyone, and it’s painful. But if you transform it into remembrance, then you’re magnifying the person you lost and also giving something of that person to other people, so they can experience something of that person. ” – Patti Smith

49. “Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.” – Albert Camus

50. “Loss can remind us that life itself is a gift.” – Louise Hay and David Kessler

Grief quotes to strengthen you

51. “When you lose your parents, the sadness doesn’t go away. It just changes. It hits you sideways sometimes instead of head-on. Like now.”― Jude Watson

52. “Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it.”― Stephen Levine

53. “Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving.”― Elizabeth McCracken

54. “Grief, no matter how you try to cater to its wail, has a way of fading away.”― V.C. Andrews

55. “What they never tell you about grief is that missing someone is the simple part. ”― Gail Caldwell

56. “Ten years, she’s dead, and I still find myself some mornings reaching for the phone to call her. She could no more be gone than gravity or the moon.”― Mary Karr

57. “Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner’s loss.”― Orson Scott Card

58. “Grief wraps around people, takes them to a place they would not go otherwise.”― Patti Callahan Henry

59. “Grief is the pain of wanting things to be as they were once, yet knowing that they never will be again.” – Julie Yarbrough

60. “So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri

61. “For as long as the world spins and the earth is green with new wood, she will lie in this box and not in my arms.”― Lurlene McDaniel

62. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi

63. “Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.”― Sophocles

64. “The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.”― Cormac McCarthy

65. “When I saw your strand of hair I knew that grief is love turned into an eternal missing.”― Rosamund Lupton

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Grief quotes to help cope with lose of a loved one

66. “People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.” – Gail Sheehy

67. “Never let the salt of your tears be tasteless in grief.”― Munia Khan

68. “Everybody has their burdens, their grief that they carry with them.” – Elizabeth Edwards

69. “Never compare your grief.
You – and only you
walk your path.”― Nathalie Himmelrich

70. “Grief releases love and it also instills a profound sense of connection. ” – Jacqueline Novogratz

71. “There’s always a last time. If you could remember every last time, you’d never stop grieving.”― Jonathan Tropper

72. “Your grief path is yours alone, and no one else can walk it, and no one else can understand it.” – Terri Irwin

73. “We may find great relief and inexplicable solace in purposefully looking beyond grief in order to determine the provision made within it.”― Craig D. Lounsbrough

74. “Acknowledgment of grief – well, it makes feeling the grief easier, not harder.” – Elizabeth McCracken

75. “Grief is like a wildflower, it can erupt from the ground anywhere it chooses, when it blossoms we must be careful not to step on it. Instead, we need to honor its existence and appreciate that love made it bloom.” – ZOË CLARK-COATES

Grief quotes to make you strong

76. “I don’t move away from grief, rather through it. ” – Taya Kyle

77. “Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo.”― Hisham Matar

78. “Grief is bizarre territory because there’s no predicting how long it’ll take to get over certain things. You just don’t know how long it’s going to resound in your life.” – Sam Shepard

79. “People come and go from our lives all the time. It’s not our fault that people leave. The Universe is just making room for new people with new lessons.”― Sue Fitzmaurice

80. “When grief is deepest, words are fewest.” – Ann Voskamp

81. “My mind couldn’t fit itself around the shape of his absence.”― Lia Mills

82. “You don’t go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be.” – Nigella Lawson

83. “Loss is painful. It crushes hearts, steals dreams, and destroys relationships. Grief can be terribly lonely. Those who are grieving need us. They need you.” – Gary Roe

84. “The only cure for grief is action.” – George Henry Lewes

85. “Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there’s one person who never ceased to love you – yourself.”― Sanhita Baruah

Grief quotes to condole with

86. “I wish I had done everything on earth with you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

87. “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.” — Winnie the Pooh

88. “Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.”– Rumi

89. “To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” — William Shakespeare

90. “Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.”― Haruki Murakami

91. “Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.” — Orson Scott Card

92. “Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face – I know it’s an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”― Nicholas Sparks

93. “Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.” — Alphonse de Lamartine

94. “Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”― John Green

95. “A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.” — Maya Angelou

Grief quotes to help deal with loss and pain

96. “They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite.” – Cassandra Clare

97. “Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you. ” – Veronica Roth

98. “Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.” ― Euripides

99. “Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.” – Andrew Solomon

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100. “Love is an engraved invitation to grief.” – Sunshine O’Donnell

101. “Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn’t yours. But grief comes from losing something you’ve already had.” – Jodi Picoult

102. “Grieving doesn’t make you imperfect. It makes you human.” – Sarah Dessen

103. “Grief is an amputation, but hope is incurable haemophilia: you bleed and bleed and bleed.” – David Mitchell

104. “There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

105. “It’s not life situations but our thoughts are the pilots of grief.” – Durgesh Satpathy

Other grief quotes and sayings

106. “Every life is noted and is cherished, and nothing loved is ever lost or perished.”—MADELEINE L’ENGLE

107. “Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.” – Earl Grollman

108. “Wherever a beautiful soul has been, there is a trail of beautiful memories.”—RONALD REAGAN

109. “In our grief process, we are moving into life from death, without denying the devastation that came before.”- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

110. “It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” — John Steinbeck

111. “The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God!” — Fyodor Dostoevsky

112. “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

113. “Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.” ― Jodi Picoult

114. “Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. But it opens a little less each time, and a little less…” – Arthur Golden

115. “You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.” — J.K. Rowling

Grief quotes about acceptance

116. “You are gone, but thank you for all these soft, sweet things you left behind. In my home, in my head, in my heart.” —NIKITA GILL

117. “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.” – Madeline Miller

118. “It’s possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it’s not so overwhelming.” – Nicholas Sparks

119. “Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.” – Swami Sivananda

120. “Only a moment you stayed but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts.”—DOROTHY FERGUSON

121. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

122. “The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with. It felt like losing your co-rememberer meant losing the memory itself, as if the things we’d done were less real and important than they had been hours before. ” – John Green

123. “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” – Washington Irving

124. “I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” – Robert Fulghum

125. “There are some griefs so loud they could bring down the sky and there are griefs so still none knows how deep they lie.” – May Sarton

Grief Quotes To Help You Come To Terms With Loss Of A Friend

126. “To lose a friend is the greatest of all loses” – Syrus

127. “We can’t feel the loss of a friend until they are apart from us” – Debolina

128. “A friend who dies, it’s something of you who dies” – Gustave Flaubert

129. “Death ends a life, not a relationship” – Jack Lemmon

130. “Life without a friend is like death without a witness” – John Ray

131. “Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity” – Terri Guillemets

132. “The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired” – Robert Southey

133. “I don’t think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains” – Anne Frank

134. “Every deceased friend is a magnet drawing us into another world” – Eliza Cook

135. “When a close friend unexpectedly leaves us, a piece of our heart is forever broken” – Chris Lumpkin

Short Grief Quotes To Encourage You To Get Over It

136. “Grief changes shape, but it never ends.” — Keanu Reeves

137. “Given a choice between grief and nothing, I’d choose grief. ” — William Faulkner

138. “Everyone can master grief but he has it.” — William Shakespeare

139. “Grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.” ― George R.R. Martin

140. “If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold was less prized than grief.” — Sophocles

141. “Grief and love are conjoined—you don’t get one without the other.” — Jandy Nelson

142. “Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people.” — Thomas Horn

143. “Grief can’t be shared. Everyone carries it alone; his own burden in his own way.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

144. “There is a point at which even grief feels absurd. And at this point, laughter gushes up to retrieve sanity.” — Alice Walker

145. “The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. ” — Seneca

Grief Quotes To Help You Recover

146. “Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.” ― Roland Barthes

147. “Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief.” ― Alison Bechdel

148. “Her grief still burdened her, and she knew she would bear it the rest of her days.” ― Dana Fuller Ross

149. “Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years.” ― Robin Hobb

150. “The grief that does not speak whispers the o’erfraught heart and bids it break.” ― William Shakespeare

151. “[Grief is pain internalized, abscess of the soul. Anger is pain as energy, sudden explosion.]” ― Lauren Groff

152. “I decide this is just A Bad Day. We all get them, because grief doesn’t care how many years it’s been.” ― Sara Barnard

153. “[Grief is for the strong, who use it as fuel for burning.]” ― Lauren Groff

154. “I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.” ― Judith McNaught

155. “…grief had no mercy, time limit, or expiration date.” ― Rebecca Yarros

Which of these grief quotes resonated with you best?

Though it can be particularly difficult if the individual was a family member or a close friend, grieving after a loss is healthy and completely necessary.

As long as we are mortal, death and grief happen.

And despite being a painful experience, grieving is a natural way for us to grow stronger and more resilient.

Hopefully, the above grief quotes will help you not only honor your loved one but also heal your heart and strengthen you.

Do you have any other uplifting grief quotes to add?

Let us know in the comment section below.

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7 healing quotes on grief to inspire

We'll all be touched by grief in our lives and we'll all manage it differently.

However, what we have in common is the ability to work through it and survive. These seven healing grief quotes compiled by Calvin Holbrook can provide strength when you're struggling with loss.

At some point in our life, the majority of us will experience grief. This intense feeling can be bewildering, painful and hard to navigate – especially when experienced for the first time or when we are mourning someone or something that had been especially close to us such as a close family member, partner of friend.

Everyone's journey with grief is different and we all learn how to deal with it our own way. However, we can take comfort in the words of those who have mourned before us, survived their loss, or even made grief their friend. These seven healing grief quotes can help you work through the different feelings and emotions you will feel during a time of mourning.

7 healing grief quotes

Take comfort in reading these healing quotes on grief. Each one explores a different facet of grieving and loss that you maybe experiencing. Hopefully they will empower you and give you some peace during this difficult time.

1. Grief reminds of us how much we loved

“Grief and love are forever intertwined. Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love and, like love, grief is non-negotiable.” Nick Cave

This healing grief quote comes from musician Nick Cave who lost his teenager son Arthur in 2015. Cave shared an emotional open letter about how he still feels the presence of his son. This healing grief quote makes it clear that grief is the price we pay for having loved someone or something so dearly – it is part of a non-negotiable deal when we love. If love if the ‘head’ of a coin, grief is the ‘tails’, for ever tied together. So, when you are feeling stuck in your deepest feelings of grief, take comfort in the fact that your pain also acts as a reminder of just how much you cared.

2. Grief is not a sign of weakness

“Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.” Earl Grollman

Rabbi and bereavement counselor Earl Grollman has written many books on death, loss and the grieving process. This healing quote on grief reminds us not to confuse the symptoms of grief with weakness. Anger, intense sadness, anxiety, moodiness, lethargy and failure to focus; these are all things the grieving person may experience and are not a reflection of us as people. These normally negatively-associated feelings do not mean we are weak.

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Indeed, we need to experience these intense feelings of pain and suffering to work through our grief. Do not try to fight off feelings of sadness or anger: sit with your feelings with grief and just allow them to be. This is all part of the grieving process.

3. We are not alone in grief

“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

Sometimes grief can make us feel us terribly alone. As well as losing that someone or something close to us, friends and other family members may retreat in apprehension about how to communicate with us. In fact, you may even experience secondary loss when certain friends fail to be there for you so friendships fall by the wayside. Furthermore, we may actually need and choose solitude to process our grief, all of which can add to deep feelings of loneliness and vulnerability.

“This healing grief quote makes it clear that grief is the price we pay for having loved someone or something so dearly – it is part of a non-negotiable deal.”

However, this healing quote on grief from American author Helen Keller reminds us that we are actually a part of the biggest communities and the world and one that all of us will probably join at some part – those that have loved and lost. Take comfort in the fact that there are currently millions of people in the world experiencing similar feelings to you and that grief is in inevitable part of life. It can be useful during this time to connect and support others grieving through local support groups or online forums.

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Solitude is a part of grieving, perhaps a very necessary one. We need time alone with our thoughts and feelings to process them and reflect on the person or thing we have lost. Indeed, some of us will seek out solitude during the grieving process, but it’s important to remain connected to others in some way.

4. Grief comes in waves

“Grief is tidal. In time, it can recede and leave us with feelings of peace and advancement, only for it to wash back in with all its crushing hopelessness and sorrow.” Nick Cave

Musician Nick Cave is also behind this healing grief quote that explains perfectly how the grieving process is never linear. Feelings of intense grief can wash over us at moment, sparked by a thought, a feeling, a smell or a song. In that moment the tears flow and we are fully submerged in grief and sadness once again. But the sorrow always begin to recede again, just as the tide ebbs and flows.

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As Cave explained in his quote, “Grief is tidal. In time, it can recede and leave us with feelings of peace and advancement, only for it to wash back in with all its crushing hopelessness and sorrow. Back and forth it goes, but with each retreating drift of despair, we are left a little stronger, more resilient, more essential and better at our new life.” So, when you are in the deepest throes of grief, remember that this will pass and you will feel peace again. Another wave will come again in the future, but that will pass too.

5. You will learn to live with grief

“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.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Psychiatrist and author Kubler-Ross was a near-death expert and well-known for her theorization on the stages of grief. With her expert knowledge of grief and the grieving process she is perhaps best placed to tell us that we will never fully get over our loss, but that we will adapt to live with grief.

“The reality is that you will grieve for ever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learnt to live with it.”

The full quote from Kubler-Ross states: “The reality is that you will grieve for ever. 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.”

6.

Their memory lives on inside us

“We never lose our loved ones. They accompany us; they don’t disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms.” Paulo Coelho

This healing quote on grief from author Paulo Coelho is a powerfully comforting one to retell yourself when you need to feel close to your loved one. This quote reminds us that although they have passed on in their physical form, who or what you are grieving for lives on in a spiritual dimension. Furthermore, a part of them lives on inside us and we can further respect their memory and legacy by living by their values. We can recall them and surround ourselves with them at all times. We can even choose to continue to communicate and talk to them.

7. Your loving nature will heal you

“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them. ” Leo Tolstoy

Our final healing grief quote comes from Russian author Leo Tolstoy and is a fitting quote to end on as it promises hope for the future. If you are currently suffering with your grief then that’s a sign that you truly loved the thing you are missing; that you have the capacity to feel love and pain in equal depths and complexities.

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However, what Tolstoy is saying is that this same love will give you the strength to heal and recover in time. While you are grieving it’s important to keep loving yourself and keep doing the things you love too. Focus on the other people that you love that are still here around you too. It’s this love that will ultimately heal your pain and help you to move forward in life. •

Have you experienced grief? What got you through? Do you have any healing quotes on grief to share? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below and in our forum on grief and loss. ..
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Written by Calvin Holbrook

Calvin edits the happiness magazine, makes gay artwork and loves swimming, yoga, dancing to house/techno, and all things vintage! Find out more.

Quotes and sayings about a broken heart

Perhaps each of us at least once heard some of these phrases: “It's not about you, but about me”, “We want different things from life”, etc. But the point is no matter how quickly or gently he/she is trying to tear off the band-aid, it still hurts. We hope these touching heartbreak quotes will help you deal with the pain of a broken relationship.

Best Heartbreak Love Quotes

Sometimes we can't stop loving someone just because the relationship is over. The best heartbroken love quotes will give you invaluable advice on how to move on.

Once you've put the pieces together, even though you may look intact, you're never the same as you were before the fall.
The saddest thing about love is that not only can it not last forever, but also that grief is soon forgotten.
I don't know why they call it grief. It feels like every other part of my body is broken too.
It took me the realization that a broken heart never killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want in almost any situation. It was part of my own growing up.
God can heal a broken heart, but He must have all the pieces.
Love is hard to find, keep and forget.

Great inspirational quotes for broken hearts

Is your best friend just dumped? You will definitely need these heartbreak inspirational quotes to cheer her/him up.

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I won't forget him this time because I can never forgive him for breaking my heart twice.
I don't want to break anyone's heart, but you can't control that. There is a broken heart; It's unavoidable.
You may be heartbroken, but you can find someone else.
You will never know true happiness until you truly love, and you will never understand what pain really is until you lose it.
I would like to be a little girl again, because skinned knees are easier to mend than a broken heart.
Someday you will remember this moment of your life as a sweet time of sorrow. You will see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing.

Short quotes about a broken heart

Brevity is the sister of talent. If you want someone to get over a breakup, long monologues won't help. Short quotes about grief are exactly what you need.

Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they died, but we don't.
You cannot give your heart to the wild.
It's not a broken heart that kills, it's a broken pride, monsignor.
A broken heart is the worst. It's like breaking ribs. No one sees it, but every time you breathe, it hurts.
A broken heart bleeds with tears.
No matter how much your heart breaks, the world does not stop because of your grief.

Good quotes about broken relationships

Struggling to get over a breakup? Some people believe that well-aimed words can actually heal.

Hearts are never practical until they are indestructible.
I have a good imagination. Look, I know what a broken heart means. I know what it's like to feel for someone. I'm too weird to be in a relationship.
One could live with a broken heart if it were not accompanied by regret.
It has always been the case that love does not know its depth until the hour of separation.
You say that love is nonsense. I tell you it's not. For weeks and months it is a constant physical pain, a pain in the heart that never leaves him night or day; prolonged tension of the nerves, such as toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any moment, but tiring in its constant exhaustion.
A broken heart is what makes life so beautiful five years later, when you see this guy in the elevator, he's fat, he smokes a cigar and says he hasn't seen you for a long time.

Lovely quotes about a girl with a broken heart

No matter how hard it feels after your heart is broken, it happens naturally. But words of wisdom from those who have gone through the same thing can really help.

Sharp arrows of a broken heart.
She walked around with a broken heart and didn't know who broke it. Mostly she thought it was herself.
Heartbreak is just the growing pains needed so you can love more fully when the real thing comes along.
Some women think that the best cure for a broken heart is a new beauty.
Love hurts worse than being hit by a 250-pound linebacker.
Think of any attachments that drain your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.

Quotes from the song “When your heart is broken”, life-changing

When your heart is broken, the world has no flowers. But you can start changing your attitude right now with these quotes.

If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it or never hate him/her. Everything and everything that you hate is engraved in your heart; if you want to let go, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.
And the last consolation, small but not cold: the heart is the only working broken instrument.
Let none of those who love be called unfortunate. Even unreturned love has its own rainbow.
Love lasts about seven years. That's how long it takes for body cells to completely replace themselves.
A broken heart in real life is not as bad as in books. It's a good deal, like a bad tooth, although you won't find THIS a very romantic comparison. It requires bouts of pain and gives you a sleepless night every once in a while, but in between times it lets you enjoy life, dreams, echoes and peanut candy like it's all right.
Never let someone else be your priority by allowing yourself to be their choice.

Motivational quotes about moving on with a broken heart

Once the damage is done, it's best for you to live your own life. If you don't know how to do it, read these motivational quotes.

Overcoming a painful experience is a lot like crossing a monkey grid. At some point, you have to let go in order to move forward.
A failed relationship can be described as wasted make-up.
No matter how much your heart is broken, the world does not stop because of your grief.
Sorrow flies on the wings of morning, and light comes from the heart of darkness.
There are many ways to test relationships, even break them, some irrevocably; this is the end we're not ready for.
When love ends, the weak cry, the smart find another love instantly, and the wise already have a spare.

Deep Heartbreak Quotes for Women

Looking for something deep and meaningful? Don't miss these deep heartbreak quotes for women.

The only thing the guy was good for was a broken heart.
When you loved one person unconditionally and lost that love, it leaves an incurable wound, a sad and broken heart, a void forever.
Treating her seemed to her as absurd as putting together pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders?
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Heart was broken.
Love is a great poet, its resources are inexhaustible, but if the goal it pursues is not achieved, it gets tired and silent.

Meaningful quotes from "When someone breaks your heart"

When someone breaks your heart, it feels like a million knives are stuck in your back. We sincerely hope that these quotes will help you heal your wounds.

There is holiness in tears. This is not a sign of weakness, but of strength. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand languages. They are messengers of overwhelming sadness. .. and unspeakable love.
Throughout my life I have left pieces of my heart here and there. And now they are almost not enough to stay alive. But I make you smile knowing that my ambition far exceeds my talent.
One who has never experienced pain cannot experience true love.
They say that time heals all wounds, but so far it just gives me time to think about how much I miss you.
When one door closes, another opens; but we so often look so long and with such regret at a closed door that we do not see those that open for us.
You can become a victim of yourself by delving into your own past.

Uplifting quotes to heal a broken heart

If you feel like your heart is completely broken, you should definitely read something uplifting like these quotes.

A broken heart is a blessing from God. It's just his way of letting you know that he saved you from the wrong thing.
Love is never lost. If you do not reciprocate, it will flow back, soften and purify the heart.
Every time your heart breaks, a door opens to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.
Heaven does not ignore the cries of a broken heart.
The cure for a broken heart is simple, milady. Hot bath and a good night's sleep.
It is our wounds that make us want to strive for miracles. Performing such miracles depends on whether we allow wounds to drag us down or lift us to our dreams.

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25 most wise and brightest quotes from Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II at the Royal Windsor Cup polo match at the Guards Polo Club in Egham, England, July 11, 2021

In nearly 70 years of her reign and even as Crown Princess, Elizabeth has made many inspiring speeches that have inspired not only Britain and the Commonwealth countries, but the whole world to manifest more attentiveness and sympathy, empathy and irony, courage and optimism. Her Majesty did not lose her presence of mind even amid rumors about her state of health or possible renunciation. And the most devoted royal fans knew for sure that the monarch's love of life and stamina would be enough for the whole country. Here are 25 inspiring quotes from Queen Elizabeth II that showcase her outlook on life.

The Queen on her first live television broadcast from the Governor's Office in Ottawa, Canada, October 17, 1957

On self-irony

“Don't take yourself too seriously. None of us have a monopoly on wisdom."

From the Christmas message 1991

About change

“When I look into the future, I have no doubt that there is one certainty - this is change, and the pace of this change will only increase ... Many, for example, people my age or the most vulnerable in society, fear they will be left behind. The very speed of change seems to sweep away so much of the familiar and comforting. But I don't think we should worry about it. We can understand the future if we understand the lessons of the past.

From a Christmas message 1999

Elizabeth II after the recording of the Nativity broadcast at the Royal Chapel in Hampton Court Palace, December 15, 2010

On the secret of happiness

satisfied, always proved to be those who lived the most open and unselfish lives.

From the Christmas message 2008

On the rules of life brings this day, and trust God."

From the Christmas message 2002

About creation

“It has always been easy to hate and destroy. Building and nurturing is much harder.”

From a Christmas address 1957

The Queen in the Long Library at Sandringham after her address was broadcast on BBC and ITV, 25 December 1957

Consolation

what you do is always of real value and importance to your fellow men.”

From a Christmas message 1954

Wisdom and age

“No age group has a monopoly on wisdom, and I do think that the young can sometimes be wiser than us. But the older I get, the more I realize the difficulties young people have to face as they learn to live in the modern world.”

From the Christmas Message 1998

On Pride and Hope

“Young or old, I believe we have something to look forward to with confidence and hope, and we should look back with pride.”

From The Queen's Golden Jubilee Address, 2012

Elizabeth II waves to well-wishers on her 90th birthday, Windsor, April 21, 2016

that sometimes we need to be saved from ourselves—from our recklessness or our greed.”

From the Christmas message 2011

On the ability to sum up

“We all need to find the right balance between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it's easy to forget to pause and take stock."

From the Christmas message 2013

On determination

“When life begins to seem hard, the brave do not lie down, accepting defeat; instead, they are even more determined to fight for a better future. ”

From the Christmas message 2008

Video message from Queen Elizabeth II to the opening participants of the COP26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, November 1, 2021

On discouragement

to what is right. The problem with sadness is that it feeds on itself, and depression causes more depression.”

From the Christmas Message 1974

On Responsibility

“Our modern world places such stringent demands on our time and attention that the need to remember our responsibility to others is more important than ever.”

From the Christmas Message 2002

On the Other Side of Grief

"Sorrow is the price we pay for love."

After September 11, 2001

Elizabeth II on her first Christmas broadcast from Sandringham, Norfolk, December 25, 1952

On the value of relationships

"In times of doubt and anxiety, the relationships people show in everyday life, at home and at work, are of paramount importance. "

From the Christmas Message 1974

On Cohesion

“I don’t know of a single formula for success, but over the years I have observed that some of the attributes of leadership are universal and often associated with finding ways to encourage people to combine their efforts, their talents, their ideas, their enthusiasm and inspiration to work together.”

Address to the United Nations General Assembly in July 2010

Women

“It was women who brought gentleness and care to the harsh progress of mankind.”

From a Christmas address 1966

Elizabeth II filming the traditional Commonwealth Christmas broadcast from Buckingham Palace, December 19, 2001

On the importance of small changes

for the most lasting change.

From the Christmas message 2019

About the historical context

“It is through the prism of history that we must look at the conflicts of today in order to give us hope for tomorrow. ”

From the Christmas message 2011

About experience

“With age comes experience, and it can be a virtue if used wisely. Desiring to put past divisions behind us and move forward together, we honor the freedom and democracy once won for us at such a high cost.”

From a Christmas message 1998

Her Majesty in the Regency Hall of Buckingham Palace during the recording of the Christmas broadcast, December 25, 1976

On Integrity

“If we choose to be considerate and help our fellowmen; make friends with people of different races and religions; and, as our Lord said, let's look at our own mistakes, before we criticize others, we will keep one faith with those who landed in Normandy and fought so hard for their faith in freedom, peace and human decency.

From a Christmas message 1994

About the feeling of togetherness

“Everyone is our neighbor, regardless of race, creed or skin color. ”

From the Christmas message 2004

Pandemic consolation

“While we have experienced problems before, this case is different. This time we are uniting with all peoples around the world in a common effort, using the great achievements of science and our instinctive compassion for healing. We will succeed - and this success will belong to each of us. We must take comfort in the fact that, although we may still have a lot to go through, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again".

Out of circulation at the beginning of the pandemic, 2020

Princess Elizabeth during her first broadcast with her younger sister Princess Margaret, October 12, 1940

About the main award

“We know that the award is peace on earth, good will to the people, but we cannot achieve it without determination and concerted efforts.”

From the Christmas Message 1963

World Peace

“And when peace comes, remember that we, the children of today, must make tomorrow's world better and happier.

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