“A good letter of condolence is like a handclasp, warm and friendly.” –Lillian Eichler Watson
Sorrow quotes
Writing a letter of sympathy can be hard; delivering a eulogy can be daunting. In times of sorrow, sometimes the only thing you can say, stems from the words of another. With that in mind, here are a few quotes to help you remember, pay tribute, convey your condolences, and otherwise find the perfect words...
“For some moments in life there are no words.” – David Seltzer, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
“What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Grief is itself a medicine.” – William Cowper
“Memory nourishes the heart, and grief abates.” – Marcel Proust
“When someone you loves becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Author Unknown
“Everyone can master grief but he that has it.” – William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“No one every told me that grief felt so like fear.” – C.S. Lewis
“For death is no more than a turning us over from time to eternity.” – William Penn
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” –Author Unknown
“Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow.” – Rita Schiano
“If tears could build a stairway,
And memories a lane,
I’d walk right up to Heaven
And bring you home again.” – Author Unknown
“Although it is difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.” –Author Unknown
“A human life is a story told by God.” – Hans Christian Andersen
“Hold on to what is good even if it a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.” – Pueblo Blessing
“Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need of hell.” – Emily Dickinson
“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir
“The dark today leads into light tomorrow;
There is no endless joy,
…and yet no endless sorrow.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.” –Thomas Moore
“What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Grief is itself a medicine.” – William Cowper
“Memory nourishes the heart, and grief abates.” – Marcel Proust
“When someone you loves becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Author Unknown
“Everyone can master grief but he that has it.” – William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“No one every told me that grief felt so like fear.” – C.S. Lewis
“For death is no more than a turning us over from time to eternity.” – William Penn
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” –Author Unknown
“Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow.” – Rita Schiano
“If tears could build a stairway,
And memories a lane,
I’d walk right up to Heaven
And bring you home again.” – Author Unknown
“Although it is difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.” –Author Unknown
“A human life is a story told by God.” – Hans Christian Andersen
“Hold on to what is good even if it a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.” – Pueblo Blessing
“Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need of hell.” – Emily Dickinson
“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir
“The dark today leads into light tomorrow;
There is no endless joy,
…and yet no endless sorrow.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.” –Thomas Moore
