"Grief is the price we pay for love." Queen Elizabeth II - Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history.
"I realize there is nothing I can say that will blunt the pain or ease the sorrow. But my footprints are on this road you travel now, and I care." Silver Hanrahan was a wonderful & wise elderly mentor who lived in Tillamook, Oregon. Silver was part of a Hospice grief group grieving the loss of his wife and offered these written words in a card upon the death of a member of my family. db
"If I should die and leave you here awhile,
Be not like others, sore undone, who keep
Long vigils by the silent dust, and weep.
For my sake turn again to life, and smile,
Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do
Something to comfort weaker hearts than thine;
Complete these dear unfinished tasks of mine,
And I, perchance, may therein comfort you." This was in Streams in the Desert Vol. 2 compliled by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman - Lettie Burd Cowman (March 3, 1870 – April 17, 1960), also known as L.B. Cowman, was an American writer and author of the devotional books Streams in the Desert and Springs in the Valley. Cowman published her books under the author name Mrs. Charles E. Cowman. She was also one of the cofounders of The Oriental Missionary Society (later known as OMS International, and eventually One Mission Society).
"Knowing what to say isn’t always necessary; just the presence of a caring friend can make the world of difference." Sheri Curry
"The heart is crying, but the lips are smiling." May Sarton - (1912–1995), US writer and poet; born in Belgium; born Eleanore Marie Sarton. Her many volumes of poetry include The Land of Silence (1953) and In Time Like Air (1958). She also wrote novels such as Faithful Are the Wounds (1955), Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (1965), and As We Are Now (1973) and memoirs such as I Knew a Phoenix (1959), Plant Dreaming Deep (1968), and At Eighty-Two (1996).
"There are some griefs so loud they could bring down the sky, and there are griefs so still none knows how deep they lie." Perla Ovitz, survivor of a concentration camp as written about in Giants by Koren & Negev
"When someone dies, it is like when your house burns down; it isn’t for years that you realize the full extent of your loss." Mark Twain - (1835–1910), US novelist and humorist; pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. After gaining a reputation as a humorist with his early work, he wrote his best-known novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885); both give a vivid evocation of Mississippi frontier life.
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