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"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."
"Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that; now I'm moving on.' It's something that walks beside you every day. And if you can learn how to manage it and honor the person that you miss, you can take something that is incredibly sad and have some form of positivity."
"Grief is the heaviest of weights, and the hardest to shake off. But it teaches us a lot about the value of life, of those we have lost, and of the time we have left."
"Grief can destroy you -- or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death, and you alone. Or you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much meaning it scared you, so you just lived, just took for granted the love and laughter of each day, and didn't allow yourself to consider the sacredness of it."
"Grief I've learned is really just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go."
"Grief and resilience live together."
"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."
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"Although it's natural to forget the pain of grief, giving up the pain will arouse grief, making you a stronger person than before."
"Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in a way grieving the loss of your authentic self."
"Grief is the most solitary, most introspective journey, perhaps the most terrifying, because you face yourself and your own absence."
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go."
"Grief does not change you... It reveals you."
"Grief is a force of energy that cannot be controlled or predicted. It comes and goes on its own schedule. Grief does not obey your plans, or your wishes. Grief will do whatever it wants to you, whenever it wants to. In that regard, Grief has a lot in common with Love."
"Grief is just love with no place to go."
"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
"Grief is the agony when we try to understand our memories instead of trying to live them."
"Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go."
"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."
"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain."
"Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship teaches us that there is no love without loss, and no loss without love."
"Grief is never something you get over. You don’t wake up one morning and say, 'I’ve conquered that; now I’m moving on.' It’s something that walks beside you every day. And if you can learn how to manage it and honour the person that you miss, you can take something that is incredibly sad and have some form of positivity."
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"Grief is the last act of love we can give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love."
"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. 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."
"Grief... happens upon you, it’s bigger than you. There is a bravery in being outmatched by it. You’re not a failure, you’re just human."
"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."
"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."
"Sorrow makes us all children again, destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing."
"Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart."
"Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life."
"Grief is love's unwillingness to let go."
"Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you fully human."
"You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp."
"Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming."
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go."
"One often learns more from 10 days of agony than from 10 years of contentment."
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"Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you."
"While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates."
"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."
"Grief is simply love in its most wild and painful form."
"There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start."
"Grief is like the aftermath of a storm; it blows through your life and leaves everything in shambles. But out of that chaos comes new possibilities, new growth."
"The only way to end grief was to go through it."
"The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!"
"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."
"Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people."
"Grief can destroy you or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death, and you alone. Or you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much meaning it scared you, so you just lived, just took for granted the love and laughter of each day, and didn't allow yourself to consider the sacredness of it."
"It is a grief to lose a friend, but it is a greater grief to cut off a friendship."
"Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you."
"The magnitude of our love is reflected in the depth of our 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. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered."
"Grief never ends... but it changes. It's a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love."
"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."
"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."
"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; and one day we wonder what has become of it."
"Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that; now I'm moving on.' It's something that walks beside you every day."
"Grief is a process, not a state. It changes, it doesn't disappear. It becomes a part of you, step by step, moment by moment."
"Grief and love are forever intertwined; they are the yin and yang of the human experience."
"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
"Grief is a tempest: but it can also be the harbinger of peace."
"Grief is itself a medicine."
"Grief is the deposit of awful travels in our lives."
"Grief is the anger of love."
"Grief is a journey that sooner or later we all must take."
"Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight."
"Grief dares us to love once more, to dance once more, to live once more."
"Grief is a hole in the heart that never heals."
"Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that.' It's a lifelong process."
"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."
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest."
"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."
"Grief is the price we pay for love."
"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. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered."
"Grief can destroy you, or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death, and you alone. Or you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much meaning it scared you, so you just lived, just took for granted the love and laughter of each day, and didn't allow yourself to consider the sacredness of it."
"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."
"When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure."
"Grief never ends... But it changes. It's a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith... It is the price of love."
"Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place."
"There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief."
"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."
"Grief is the last act of love we have to give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love."
"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy, you must have somebody to divide it with."
"Grief is the price we pay for experiencing love."
"Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life."
"Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be."
"Grief is the most solitary experience in the world."
"Although it's natural to feel self-pity, don't make the mistake of thinking it's the most important thing, or letting it drag on too long. Self-pity, no matter how well-intentioned, is a useless emotion because it lacks any good outcome."
"Grief is love with no place to go."
"To weep is to make less the depth of grief."
"Grief is a freight train through my living room. It's so big, I can't get out of its way. It will run me over every time I'm in its path, and every time, I'm gutted."
"The pain passes, but the beauty remains."
"Grief is like the aftermath of a tsunami. It hits you in waves, sometimes stronger than others, but never really goes away."
"To mourn is to be visibly moved. Grief is to be moved, but not visibly."
"You don’t get over it, you get through it."
"Grief can be a doorway to awakening."
"No one tells you that you will feel like a stranger in your own life."
"Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith… It is the price of love."
"The only cure for grief is to grieve."
"Our grief is as deep as our love."
"The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude."
"When you lose someone, you gain an angel you know."
"Tears are the silent language of grief."
"In the end, grief is a door that opens into a room of love."
"There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in past times."
"Grief is the most powerful teacher, but it is also the most painful."
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
"The best thing you can do is to let people know that you love them while you have the chance."
"The loss of a child is a grief that cannot be compared to anything."
"Grief can take care if it is shared."
"Life is a long process of getting used to things we didn’t expect."
"In grief, nothing is clearer than the dream of how it could have been."
"Sometimes, grief is the price we pay for loved ones."
"Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape."
"Grief can be a journey, it can be a healing, it can be life-changing, and it can be a rediscovery of what is important."
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