“Grief only exists where love lived first.” – Franchesca CoxĦ. If we allow ourselves the grace that comes with love, however, we must allow ourselves the grace that is required to mourn.” – Alan D. Some people choose not to love and so never grieve. They are the yin and yang of our lives… Grief is predicated on our capacity to give and receive love. One does not-and cannot-exist without the other. “You see, love and grief are two sides of the same precious coin. The mind can’t handle emotions like grief and terror for any sustained period of time, so it takes some downtime.” – Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies: A NovelĤ.

It’s not a slow progression forward toward healing, it’s a zigzag, a terrible back-and-forth from devastated to okay until finally there are more okay patches and fewer devastated ones. “When we lose someone we love we must learn not to live without them, but to live with the love they left behind.” –Unknownģ. What I needed was for someone to tell me that it hurt because it mattered.” – John GreenĢ. “So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will) or that there are worse things in the world (which there are). 21 Grief Quotes That Highlight the Love You’ll Never Loseġ.

If you want to honor the love that your pain stems from and goes back to, but you're not sure how, read these grief quotes. This, because you're here to experience it all. You'll find pain in letting go and hope in what you pick up. You learn to breathe it in and out, the love and the fear, all at the same time. It feels so like fear that it's hard to see how it can leave room for love.īut love finds its way through you. It's not something you can rush or push past. Grief is a heavy weight to carry and it's also an anchor in love. There’s an invisible thread connecting your heart to all hearts, you to all life. A window for fresh air in the middle of the storm, for a hope that comes after you've lost all hope. It hurts because it mattered, and it will always matter. I've learned that grief is another name for Love and that no matter how deep your grief makes a home in you, love will always leave a window open.

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