Mary Todd Lincoln Quotes

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

Pearls mean tears.

Inside my mother's death / I lay and could not breathe.

Could my griefs speak, the tale would have no end.

The substance of grief is not imaginary. It's as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things, it can kill.

When grief is deepest, words are fewest.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you love, you will grieve, and that's just given.

When the baby dies, On every side Rose stranger's voices, hard and harsh and loud. The baby was not wrapped in any shroud. The mother made no sound. Her head was bowed That men's eyes might not see Her misery.

I think any time we lose people, it's a hard moment.

Grief changes shape, but it never ends.

I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.

I've had to walk through a lot of my tears.

I lost my husband, and it's a horrific thing to live through.

It is difficult to ever think about your loved one having suffered.

Grief, for me, is a moment-to-moment experience.

After Balasaheb died, I have not spoken. What do I say?

Loss is very painful, because any kind of loss leaves a hole in the fabric of one's existence.

This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad.

It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it.

There is no space wider than that of grief.

Grief remains one of the few things that has the power to silence us.

Loss takes up inside of everything sooner or later and eats right through it.

Losing my parents was probably the hardest and deepest blow from which I've had to recover.