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“The loss you don't know about is no less a loss, but it costs you nothing and so it causes you no pain.”

Book:Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

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“What will you say when the Grim Reaper suddenly appears and asks, ‘What do you have to show for your life?’ In a world of many time-consuming pursuits, most utterly inane and many major drags on our creative potential, if your answer is ‘Not much,’ it’s at least worth considering that you’ve spent your time wisely.”

Life Death Life Lessons Materialism Wasting Time Spending Time Distractions Time Consuming Grim Reaper Wasting Life

Book:Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

Source: Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

“It was easy to forget that the real ghost stories had little to do with that cinematic nonsense and everything to do with the human experience: life, love, loss, faith, redemption.”

Life Death Loss Ghost Haunted

Book:After Death

Source: After Death

“Grief is not fixable, curable, or preventable. It is not a “condition” or pathology.”

Loss Grief Grief And Loss

Book:Permission to Grieve: Creating Grace, Space, & Room to Breathe in the Aftermath of Loss

Source: Permission to Grieve: Creating Grace, Space, & Room to Breathe in the Aftermath of Loss

“I don’t think we ever let go of loved ones. They’re always in our hearts. I do think time lessens the pain of a loss but they never, ever leave us. That’s what memories are for.”

Memories Loss Grief

Author:Ruth Saberton

“Grief is like the waves of the ocean, on a never-ending mission that keeps rolling, only to crash at your feet. Sometimes, it rages in anger, threatening to swallow everything else left of you. Other times, it flows gently, brushing your feet softly but it never stops rolling. For as long as the waves of the ocean remain, so is the pain as long as life remains.”

Pain Death Loss Grief Ocean Waves

Author:Yemeece

“She reached across, grabbed my hand. I'm not going anywhere, Hig, she said. Where would I go? Lots of places, I thought but I didn't say anything. To the other side for one. Or way way inside. A lot of places someone else can never follow.”

Loss Grief Trauma Absence Separation Escape Bereavement

Book:The Dog Stars

Source: The Dog Stars

“Die now! For you can never be as happy as you are at this moment and it would be better to die with this feeling in your heart than know the bitterness of its loss.”

Pain Happiness Loss Bitterness

Author:Margaret Weis

“What a tragedy to see a boy dumb himself to death for a girl.”

Relationships Loss Couple Tragedy Irony Loss Of Love Tragedy Of Love Icetown

Book:Ice Town

Source: Ice Town

“You love at least one thing more than you love any person and that thing is always worth living for.”

Inspiration Death Life Lessons Hope Loss Personal Development Endurance Helplessness Icetown

Book:Ice Town

Source: Ice Town

“For I did not know which was harder to bear: The echo of her passing, or the long silence that followed.”

Loss Grief

Book:An Echo of Things to Come

Source: An Echo of Things to Come

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