Grief Quotes

Curated quotes about all stages of grief. Your grief is unique and should be witnessed. Quotes can help us feel seen and process our emotions. Here are several of our favorite quotes about grief.

“Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything." ― C.S. Lewis

“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou

"In the garden of memory, in the palace of dreams...that is where you and I shall meet." — Alice Through the Looking Glass

"As Black mothers, grief is embedded in our being. It accumulates and manifests as body aches and pains." ― A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

“If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever die.” ― Leo Buscaglia

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” -Thomas Campbell

“Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.” ― Paulo Coelho

"Your absence is loud this holiday season." -David Kessler

“Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow"

But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope”