Grief Day By Day Quotes

“What no one told me about grief is how lonely it is. No matter who else is mourning, you’re in your own little cell. Even when people try to comfort you, you’re aware that now there is a barrier between you and them, made of the horrible thing that happened, that keeps you isolated.”
― Jan Warner, Grief Day By Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss

“No. I’m not okay. But it’s okay not to be okay. It’s okay to say that since the one we love is still dead and will always be dead, the question “Are you okay?” is not for us. It is meant for others to find comfort, and sometimes we lie to give them that comfort.”
― Jan Warner, Grief Day By Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss

“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.”
― Jan Warner, Grief Day By Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss

“The depth of grief measures the height of love.”
― Jan Warner, Grief Day By Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss

“There’s nothing lonelier than grief. Sometimes I wanted to cry out . . . ‘Please please look at me help me can’t you see how unhappy I am?’ But . . . they would have gathered round making soothing noises . . . maybe offering me tissues . . . and none of that would touch the deep dark ocean that circled silently inside . . .” —JOHN MARSDEN This is the loneliness of grief. You want people to understand and pay attention to the part of you that is sad, that is in hiding, yet you know there is nothing they can do to help. The only thing that would really help is the impossible: to have your loved one come back.”
― Jan Warner, Grief Day By Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss