“. . . for a time death had me in its grip, had me thinking that nothing else was true of human beings than that they died, that they disappeared from among the living, and that was the end.”
“A few inches away, an old man—one who had once loved her—lay in a bed. Those hard-won inches, fractions of a foot, encompassed memories that could stretch ten thousand miles.”
Source: Vanishing Bodies: An Epic Science Fiction Thriller
“Nora had a familiar sense of grief. Only the sertraline stopped her crying. 'Oh God.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“He’s going to get himself killed. Don’t fall in love with a dead man.”
“The dead are held in such high esteem that we only remember the good things, and we not only forgive their faults but we forget them.”
Source: Well Met
“Death is a pigeon flying off with straw in its beak, romance riding its shoulder as it heads for home”
Source: Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe
“All his beauty, wit and grace
Lie forever in one place,
He who sang and sprang and moved
Now, in death, is only loved.”
Source: The Birds of the Air
“I cannot tell you how often I have counseled a grieving woman about a miscarriage or an abortion from years before. There were so many reasons why it was not practical or reasonable to have a child, so on a rational level there was often an understanding and acceptance. However, this did not relieve the pain and guilt of losing a child. In trance states we would often go looking for that soul. What a surprise for many when they discovered that this soul came back as a niece, nephew or even a younger child of their own.”
Source: Inner Journeys, Cosmic Sojourns: Life transforming stories, adventures and messages from a spiritual hypnotherapist's casebook
“When the raw pain is so unbearable and unbelievable, you may wonder if you can go on. But, you can, and will. And life can be good again—when you work at it."
"It’s a conscious choice to decide to move through grief, mourn the loss of the person you love, and heal.”
Source: The Sudden Loss Survival Guide: Seven Essential Practices for Healing Grief
“I don’t see my father’s death as an absence, rather as a different existence.”
Source: Lemon Twist