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Grief17 quotes
Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac. — Chazz Reinhold · 2005But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Between grief and nothing I will take grief. — William Faulkner · 1939Grief is itself a med'cine. — William Cowper · 1782A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. — Philippe Aries · 1976I do not know why the necessity of God
Should feed on grief; but it seems so. — Christopher Fry · 1946All 17 quotes →Mourning5 quotes
A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. — Philippe Aries · 1976O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son! — David · 722 BCNo one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. — C.S. Lewis · 1961Grief is a species of idleness. — Samuel Johnson · 1773Only one being is wanting, and your whole world is bereft of people. — Alphonse de Lamartine · 1820Losing a loved one3 quotes
A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. — Philippe Aries · 1976O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son! — David · 722 BCThough I grieve, there is no help;
Vainly I long to see her.
Men tell me that my wife is
In the mountains of Hagai-
Thither I go,
Toiling along the stony path;
But it avails me not,
For of my wife, as she lived in this world,
I find not the faintest shadow. — Kakinomoto no Hitomaro · 759Loss2 quotes
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 BCThough I grieve, there is no help;
Vainly I long to see her.
Men tell me that my wife is
In the mountains of Hagai-
Thither I go,
Toiling along the stony path;
But it avails me not,
For of my wife, as she lived in this world,
I find not the faintest shadow. — Kakinomoto no Hitomaro · 759Missing someone2 quotes
A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. — Philippe Aries · 1976Though I grieve, there is no help;
Vainly I long to see her.
Men tell me that my wife is
In the mountains of Hagai-
Thither I go,
Toiling along the stony path;
But it avails me not,
For of my wife, as she lived in this world,
I find not the faintest shadow. — Kakinomoto no Hitomaro · 759Crying1 quote
To weep is to make less the depth of grief. — William Shakespeare · 1595Effects of grief1 quote
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. — Sophocles · 442 BCExperiencing things1 quote
Between grief and nothing I will take grief. — William Faulkner · 1939Fathers and sons1 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 BCForbidden love1 quote
But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much. — Arundhati Roy · 1997Happiness1 quote
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust · 1922Joy1 quote
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. — Mark Twain · 1897Moving forward1 quote
Grief melts away
Like snow in May,
As if there were no such cold thing. — George Herbert · 1633Need of God1 quote
I do not know why the necessity of God
Should feed on grief; but it seems so. — Christopher Fry · 1946Personal growth1 quote
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust · 1922Relationships1 quote
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. — Mark Twain · 1897Sadness1 quote
The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is, perhaps, the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment. — Colin Murray Parkes · 1972Turn-ons1 quote
Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac. — Chazz Reinhold · 2005Yin and yang1 quote
The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is, perhaps, the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment. — Colin Murray Parkes · 1972