Losing A Loved One Quotes

You never know what you have till you’ve lost it.

Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.

Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face – I know it’s an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.

Grief is not a disorder, a disease or sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.

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.

You have to start over. That’s what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really “starting over.” More like “continuing without.

Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life.
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

The pain of losing a loved one by the horrible act of murder is not lessened by the horrible murder of another, not even when it is cloaked as ‘justice’ and state-sanctioned. It is only a delusion to believe that one’s pain is ended by making someone else feel pain.

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

Beautiful people do not just happen
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

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

There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

Gone, but not forgotten.

When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there, I did not die.

When you lose what you love remember to stay strong. Look out the window and remember life goes on.