So last week, my father died. And in between the traveling, the hospital, and the time spent with him and with other family members, I started to grieve. Now grieving is not the same for everyone… or anyone. We are all different which means how we grieve will also be different. But in spending time with my stepmom, we both mentioned how positive quotes and affirmations are really effective in helping us process life. So it seemed to make sense to gather some healing grief quotes that I could read, absorb, and remember through the healing process, and share with others who are grieving.

The thing is, most of the grief quotes I found were kind of somber and sad. I wanted words that spoke in an uplifting, encouraging way. I know as we pass 50 and better, we will all encounter grief more and more often. Our parents, family, even friends. And the grieving process really never ends, it just changes shape with time. So to all you older women who are having to deal with grief, these quotes are for you. Please use them to lift yourself up, send this article to a friend who could use an encouraging moment, and save your favorite one on your phone to look upon on a tough day. At the moment that I am writing this, I am sending positive thoughts to each and every one of you who is dealing with grief. ♥️

Here are 30 comforting and healing grief quotes:

Grief Quotes for Healing

• “What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” — Helen Keller
• “Grief is the last act of love we can give to those we loved. Where there is deep grief, there was great love.” — Unknown

• “In the garden of memory, in the palace of dreams, that is where you and I shall meet.” — Alice Through the Looking Glass

• “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up 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.” — Jamie Anderson
• “Grief is not a task to finish but an element of yourself – an alteration of your being.” — Gwen Flowers
• “The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God!” — Fyodor Dostoevsky
• “Grief is the constant reminder that love never dies.” — Kelly Joe Phelps
• “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love.” — Washington Irving
• “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.” — Khalil Gibran

• “Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.” — Emily Dickinson
• “Grief is the garden of compassion.” — Rumi
• “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” — Pierre Auguste Renoir
• “Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.” — Unknown
• “The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.” — Khalil Gibran
• “The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.” — Irving Berlin

• “Say not in grief ‘he is no more’ but in thankfulness that he was.” — Hebrew Proverb
• “While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.” — John Taylor
• “Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” — José N. Harris
• “What is lovely never dies, but passes into another loveliness, star-dust or sea-foam, flower or winged air.” — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
• “The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.” — Czesław Miłosz
• “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” — Thomas Campbell
• “The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That’s the deal.” — C.S. Lewis
• “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” — Charles Dickens
• “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” — Unknown
• “Gone from my sight, but never from my heart.” — Unknown
• “Those we love don’t go away; they walk beside us every day.” — Unknown
• “Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.” — W.S. Merwin
• “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal; love leaves a memory no one can steal.” — Irish Proverb

• “The sun loved the moon so much, he died every night to let her breathe.” — Unknown

These quotes about grief and healing have helped me to process with a little more hope and peace. I hope they do the same for you. 🤗

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