Mourning the Loss Quotes

To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.

Grief is the price of victory.

I lost my wife Barbara to cancer few years ago. I would give whatever time I have left to spend one more day with her.

The loss of my parents was definitely the hardest thing I've had to endure. I just felt really dead inside for a long time.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

My mountain is dead. As soon as she has dried, I'll bury her under a decent layer of white paint. But I haven't done with the old lady; far from it!

I had a brother who died early on - he was 23 when I was 19. And, boy, I certainly didn't expect that. That was utterly shocking.

Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the banner of the country, there exists no purer spirit, no more heroic soul, than that of the illustrious man whose death I join you in lamenting.

Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.