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Alexander Pope1 quote
How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part. — Alexander Pope · 1732Alphonse de Lamartine1 quote
Only one being is wanting, and your whole world is bereft of people. — Alphonse de Lamartine · 1820C.S. Lewis1 quote
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. — C.S. Lewis · 1961David1 quote
O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son! — David · 722 BCJesus1 quote
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. — Jesus · 60Philippe Aries1 quote
A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. — Philippe Aries · 1976Samuel Johnson1 quote
Grief is a species of idleness. — Samuel Johnson · 1773