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When the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
No one is exempt from grief.
Grief is a process, not a state.
Pen-bereavement is a serious matter.
It was the meanest moment of eternity.
The death of a beloved is an amputation.
Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.
Attachments and bereavements are inseparable.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
A break up is the closest thing to bereavement
ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee
For precious friends hid in death's dateless night.
Deep in earth my love is lying And I must weep alone.
No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
Condole - to show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.
The few certainties in our existences are pain, death and bereavement.
Bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.
Sudden wealth was the great insulator, second only to sudden bereavement.
A thousand goodbyes come after death - the first six months of bereavement.
Cordelia! stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'st? Her voice was ever soft.
I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.
All of our suffering in life is from saying we want one thing and doing another.
I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.
Most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak.
It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.
Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.
I've been through cancer, divorce, loss and bereavement, but they are things most humans go through.
Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement.
Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.
Wars have not solved anything in our region. They have only caused misery, suffering, bereavement, and hatred.
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.
Non-fictionalised accounts of horrific accidents, bereavement, and the outrages of officialdom tend to move us deeply.
I have lived with you and loved you, and now you are gone. Gone where I cannot follow, until I have finished all of my days.
I realized that it was not that I didn’t want to go on without him. I did. It was just that I didn’t know why I wanted to go on
If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine it.
Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.
Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.
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.
Bereavement is terrible, of course. And when somebody you love dies, it's a time for reflection, a time for memory, a time for regret.
Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.
You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind.
If you have a bereavement in your family, it's a terrible, terrible thing. But, you know, time passes. It's part of the cycle. It doesn't hurt so much.
Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.
Farewell is said by the living, in life, every day. It is said with love and friendship, with the affirmation that the memories are lasting if the flesh is not.
It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new.
We're all, whether we like it or not, gonna have to deal with bereavement at some point in our lives, and it's something I think, as a society, maybe we shy away from.
I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.
When you experience bereavement at a youngish age, you suddenly realise that life is unjust and unfair, that bad things will happen, and you have to take that on board.
And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go.
