Sarah Dessen Quotes

I have to say that since my mother died, I am not the same person anymore. My life has changed a great deal because it's really unbearable to think you can't see her anymore or talk to her anymore.

I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

No one could save me from the grief of losing my child or losing my first marriage. I had to do that on my own.

A terrific sadness swept over Jerry. As if somebody had died. The way he felt standing in the cemetry that day they buried his mother. And nothing you could do about it.

Cripple crow say something for our grieving, where do we go once we start leaving. Well close that wound or else keep on bleeding and change your tune, it's got no meaning.

Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved

Grief,she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.

Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man.

It's always difficult when someone close to you passes away. But it's really tough when they're on top of you.

Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving.

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

Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be.

Grieving, like being blind, is a strange business; you have to learn how to do it. We seek company in mourning, but after the early bursts of tears, after the praises have been spoken, and the good days remembered, and the lament cried, and the grave closed, there is no company in grief. It is a burden borne alone.

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement.

Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. But it opens a little less each time, and a little less; and one day we wonder what has become of it.

The hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is losing my mom four years ago. I wouldn't even say that I've overcome it, really. I don't imagine that I ever will.

Grief, he said, is carnivorous.

Bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.

I lost my partner [Anselmo Feleppa] to HIV then it took about three years to grieve; then after that I lost my mother. I felt almost like I was cursed.

Attachments and bereavements are inseparable.

It's a blessing not to be alone in your grief but it's also painful to see your parents and siblings in pain.

This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them.

Grief is the tax we pay on our attachments.

Talking about your feeling with someone who is willing to listen can be enormously consoling, especially if that person has experienced a death similar to the one you are grieving.

It's important for us not to lose sight of the fact that this is a family that's grieving and there's been a tremendous loss. And we all have to rally around that piece of it.