Losing a Loved One Quotes

Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

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

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.

For some moments in life there are no words.

I think losing a loved one must be a little like losing a leg. First there is the shock, then the anesthetic, and the painkillers; the attention of doctors and nurses, flowers and cards and visits from friends. But sooner or later you have to learn to walk without it.

Through tears and trials, through fears and sorrows, through the heartache and loneliness of losing loved ones, there is assurance that life is everlasting. Our Lord and Savior is the living witness that such is so.

Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.

Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.

Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.

Grief makes one hour ten.

He spoke well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.

I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept wondering the whole while what it must feel like from his point of view to still be there thinking, hearing all that was going on as people came and went, and life continued all around him.

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.

We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

It's hard to see your wife deteriorate in front of your eyes.

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that the solutions come by both listening to the people impacted by the crisis and by learning from historical experiences in other places.