Death And Loss Quotes

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

The light has gone out of my life.

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

We think of death and loss as tragic twins, but in fact it is loss that hurts us.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.

When you are sorrowful, look again.

I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

A horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.

I’m sorry,” Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she sees, people find a way to survive, to go on.