Overcoming Grief Quotes

“I'd never known that I could feel this broken and whole at once.”
― Rachel L. Schade, Silent Kingdom

“Surviving the death of a loved one...one day at a time.”
― Sandra Toscano Huerta

“Life isn't about how comfortable I can be it is about learning how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable”
― Heather Gillis, Waiting for Heaven: Finding Beauty in the Pain and the Struggle

“The heart smiles when the soul shines.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“From a spiritual perspective, what is it that we must learn from loss? When we think deeply we realize that loss is an opening through which we can question our superficial existence and move towards something better.”
― Pulkit Sharma, When the Soul Heals - Explorations in Spiritual Psychology

“Today's tears are an investment into tomorrow's smiles.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“We may try to run away from grief and escape its terrible clutches. Perhaps we immerse ourselves in work or other activities. We busy ourselves and refuse to look back over our shoulder. Grief will follow us. It will hide around the corner so in that moment when our activity lulls, grief will pounce. Grief will never leave until it is defeated.”
― Glenn Cameron, "When Will It Stop Hurting?": One Man's Journey Through Grief

“The Infinite One cannot be torn apart from itself. It is our personification of good, our belief that it belongs to a personal identity, that makes grief possible. And it is our understanding of universal good, God being everywhere and in everything, that heals it. The qualities and abilities we may miss in someone are not missing from Life. Every beautiful quality in someone is abundantly present and waiting to be recognised in all of Life’s great symphony.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Being Loving

“I don't think I'm the smart sister," Isabel said.
"You are," Sophie told her. "You just have a lot to learn.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Sisters

“Find joy and celebrate where sorrow once stood so good karma can fill the world.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery