Sunday, February 8, 2009

Notable Quotes on Grief


No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. 
C. S. Lewis 


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

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly. 
Christian Nestell Bovee 


Grief is a process, not a state. 
Anne Grant 


Grief is the price we pay for love. 
Queen Elizabeth II 


There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. 
Washington Irving 


I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it. 
Hugh Leonard 


You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be. 
Nigella Lawson 

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble. 
Moliere 


No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by. 
Franz Schubert 


To touch a sore is to renew one's grief. 
Terence 


Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief. 
Franz Schubert


For PapAmore', Arend 'Odee' Lenderink

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