1. “IT’S POSSIBLE TO GO ON, NO MATTER HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT SEEMS, AND THAT IN TIME, THE GRIEF… LESSENS. IT MAY NOT GO AWAY COMPLETELY, BUT AFTER A WHILE, IT’S NOT SO OVERWHELMING.” – NICHOLAS SPARK
2. “LIFE SEEMS SOMETIMES LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN A SERIES OF LOSSES, FROM BEGINNING TO END. THAT’S THE GIVEN. HOW YOU RESPOND TO THOSE LOSSES, WHAT YOU MAKE OF WHAT’S LEFT, THAT’S THE PART YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP AS YOU GO.” – KATHARINE WEBER
3. “YOU CAN CLUTCH THE PAST SO TIGHTLY TO YOUR CHEST THAT IT LEAVES YOUR ARMS TOO FULL TO EMBRACE THE PRESENT.” – JAN GLIDEWELL
4. “IF YOU HOLD BACK ON THE EMOTIONS – IF YOU DON’T ALLOW YOURSELF TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEM – YOU CAN NEVER GET TO BEING DETACHED, YOU’RE TOO BUSY BEING AFRAID. YOU’RE AFRAID OF THE PAIN, YOU’RE AFRAID OF THE GRIEF. YOU’RE AFRAID OF THE VULNERABILITY THAT LOVING ENTAILS. BUT BY THROWING YOURSELF INTO THESE EMOTIONS, BY ALLOWING YOURSELF TO DIVE IN, ALL THE WAY, OVER YOUR HEARD EVEN, YOU EXPERIENCE THEM FULLY AND COMPLETELY.” – MITCH ALBOM
5. “WE NEED TO GRIEVE THE ONES WE HAVE LOVED AND LOST IN THIS LIFETIME — NOT TO SUSTAIN OUR CONNECTION TO SUFFERING, BUT TO SUSTAIN OUR CONNECTION TO LOVE.” – J. W.
6. “SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE HOLDING ON AND HANGING IN THERE ARE SIGNS OF GREAT STRENGTH. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT TAKES MUCH MORE STRENGTH TO KNOW WHEN TO LET GO AND THEN DO IT.” – ANN LANDER
7. “SEE, AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO HOLD ON TO THE BITTER SORE MEMORY THAT SOMEONE HAS LEFT THIS WORLD, YOU ARE STILL IN IT. AND THE VERY ACT OF LIVING IS A TIDE: AT FIRST, IT SEEMS TO MAKE NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL, AND THEN ONE DAY YOU LOOK DOWN AND SEE HOW MUCH PAIN HAS ERODED.” – JODI PICOULT
8. “WE THINK THAT THE POINT IS TO PASS THE TEST OR OVERCOME THE PROBLEM, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THINGS DON’T REALLY GET SOLVED. THEY COME TOGETHER, AND THEY FALL APART. THEN THEY COME TOGETHER AGAIN AND FALL APART AGAIN. IT’S JUST LIKE THAT. THE HEALING COMES FROM LETTING THERE BE ROOM FOR ALL OF THIS TO HAPPEN: ROOM FOR GRIEF, FOR RELIEF, FOR MISERY, FOR JOY.” – PEMA CHÖDRÖN
9. “WHEN WE LOSE SOMEONE WE LOVE, WE MUST LEARN NOT TO LIVE WITHOUT THEM, BUT TO LIVE WITH THE LOVE THEY LEFT BEHIND.” – ANONYMOUS
10. “THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEVER WANT TO LET GO OF, PEOPLE WE NEVER WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT LETTING GO ISN’T THE END OF THE WORLD, IT’S THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE.” – UNKNOWN
11. “I LEARNED THAT, WITH GRIEF, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME AND LEARN HOW TO FIND THE HAPPINESS AMID THE HEARTBREAK.” – ADRIENNE C. MOORE
12. “WHAT I NEED IS THE DANDELION IN THE SPRING. THE BRIGHT YELLOW THAT MEANS REBIRTH INSTEAD OF DESTRUCTION. THE PROMISE THAT LIFE CAN GO ON, NO MATTER HOW BAD OUR LOSSES. THAT IT CAN BE GOOD AGAIN.” – SUZANNE COLLIN
13. “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, YOU CANNOT IMAGINE THAT YOU COULD EVER FIND YOUR WAY TO A BETTER PLACE. 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.” – ELIZABETH GILBERT
14. “YESTERDAY IS NOT OURS TO RECOVER, BUT TOMORROW IS OURS TO WIN OR LOSE.” – LYNDON B. JOHNSON
15. “GRIEF IS NEVER SOMETHING YOU GET OVER. YOU DON’T WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND SAY, ‘I’VE CONQUERED THAT; NOW I’M MOVING ON.’ IT’S SOMETHING THAT WALKS BESIDE YOU EVERY DAY. AND IF YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO MANAGE IT AND HONOR THE PERSON THAT YOU MISS, YOU CAN TAKE SOMETHING THAT IS INCREDIBLY SAD AND HAVE SOME FORM OF POSITIVITY.” – TERRI IRWIN
