Finding Solace in Words: 20 Quotes about Grief and Loss

Grief is an emotion that is terribly hard to describe. Every loss is a deeply personal experience, and each grief feels different - and ultimately lonely. During times of grief, we often find solace in the wisdom and understanding of others who have walked a similar path. We have compiled 20 poignant quotes about grief that may offer comfort, solace, and a glimmer of hope in moments of sorrow.

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

2. "Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot." - Jandy Nelson

3. "Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom." - Rumi

4. "Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you." - John Green

5. "Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love." - Unknown

6. "The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal, and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again, but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same, nor would you want to." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

7. "Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim." - Vicki Harrison

8. "Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other." - Jandy Nelson

9. "Grief, I've learned, is really just love with no place to go." - Jamie Anderson

10. "Grief is the last act of love we have to give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love." - Unknown

11. "Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be." - Joan Didion

12. "The pain passes, but the beauty remains." - Pierre Auguste Renoir

13. "Grief is the flip side of love. If you didn't love, you wouldn't grieve." - Frank Ochberg

14. "Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim." - Vicki Harrison

15. "There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief." - Aeschylus

16. "Grief is like the ocean; it never ends, just ebbs and flows." - Unknown

17. "Grief, I've learned, is just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go." - Unknown

18. "Grief, like a suitcase, unpacks itself slowly." - Mary Schmich

19. "The pain of grief is just as much part of life as the joy of love; it is perhaps the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment." - Dr. Colin Murray Parkes

20. "No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear." - C.S. Lewis