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Grief and comfort quotes

Hand-picked Grief and comfort quotes quotes with clean attributions and practical context. Includes lines from Anne Lamott and related voices.

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Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

Anne Lamott

You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Marcus Aurelius

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Socrates

The darker the night, the brighter the stars.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Queen Elizabeth II

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

Thomas Campbell

Those we love do not go away, they walk beside us every day.

Traditional

What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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