Moving on after a family death quotes

Many people are inspired by the wisdom in the words of others – here are quotes by well-known identities, and the not-so-famous, whose thoughts can guide the way we view our own circumstances.

• "When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure." 
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• "If tears could build a stairway,and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again."
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• "Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, May looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow."
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• "Grief is itself a medicine."
  William Cowper
• "Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."
  from The Wonder Years
• "The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief - But the pain of grief isonly a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love."
  Hillary Stanton Zunin
• "You cannot prevent t
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By Keely Chace, Jake Gahr and Melvina Young on May 22,

Grieving the loss of a loved one feels different for everyone, and there’s no telling what will bring comfort on a hard day. Sometimes it’s a good memory of the one we’re missing. Other times it’s support and understanding from a friend. And sometimes the right words of hope and healing can give us strength when we need it most.

The grief quotes below are shared in that spirit of shining little glimmers of light into what can be a dark time. Written by Hallmark writers, these quotes offer uplifting messages that speak to different losses, feelings and seasons of time following the death of someone close to us. Our hope is that whatever kind of comfort you’re needing today, you’ll find something in here that speaks to your heart.

When we acknowledge our need for healing, we acknowledge that something in us has been broken and is in need of compassionate self-care, grace and time. Those things can help get us to a plac

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When we were confronted with the deaths of our mothers and fathers, we were overcome with emotion. Our friends offered such kind and inspiring words that really helped us gain control of our emotions.

Through the years, we’ve compiled loss of a loved one quotes, poems and prayers to offer others. We want to include many of those here for your use.

Whether you use this page to find the right words of condolences to others or read for your own peace of mind, we hope that it brings you comfort. You are not alone in your journey. At some point, we all face the loss of loved ones.

Loss of a Loved One Quotes

“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.”

–Unknown

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.“

– Kahlil Gibran

“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.”

– Emily Dickinson

“Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in H