short inspirational quotes after losing a loved one


Those we love never truly leave us.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.
The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.





missing someone who passed away quotes


Those we love never truly leave us. – J.K. Rowling

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. – Irish Proverb

Grief is the price we pay for love. – Queen Elizabeth II

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. – Emily Dickinson

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

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. – Charles Dickens

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





sad death quotes


Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
In the end, it is not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague.
Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.





touching quotes about death


"The only way to deal with death is to accept it as part of life, and to live fully while we can." - Unknown

"Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep." - Mary Elizabeth Frye

"Death ends a life, not a relationship." - Mitch Albom

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." - Thomas Campbell

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." - Norman Cousins

"Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion." - Dylan Thomas





remembering someone who passed away quotes


"Those we love never truly leave us. There are things that death cannot touch." – Jack Thorne

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." – Thomas Campbell

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal." – Unknown

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

"Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts." – Unknown

"May the stars carry your sadness away, May the flowers fill your heart with beauty, May hope forever wipe away your tears, And, above all, may silence make you strong." – Chief Dan George

"The song is ended but the melody lingers on." – Irving Berlin





loss of a loved one quotes of comfort


"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." - Psalm 34:18

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

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." - Thomas Campbell

"Grief is the price we pay for love." - Queen Elizabeth II

"Those we love and lose are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever we are." - St. John Chrysostom

"Death ends a life, not a relationship." - Jack Lemmon

"Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow." - Unknown

"The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is perhaps the price we pay for the latter." - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us forever." - Helen Keller (variation)





short grief quotes


Grief is the price we pay for love.
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose.
Grief changes shape, but it never ends.
Tears are the silent language of grief.
The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy.
To have loved and lost is better than to have never loved at all.
Grief is the last act of love we give to those we loved.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Grief is a journey, not a destination.
What is grief, if not love persevering?





quotes when someone dies unexpectedly


"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon

"No one knows the hour of his death." - From the Bible (Matthew 24:36, paraphrased)

"Death can come at any moment. Be ready." - Marcus Aurelius

"The only certainty is uncertainty." - Adapted from common wisdom

"In the midst of life, we are in death." - From the Book of Common Prayer