Experiencing loss is one of the hardest parts of life, but it is also something that unites us all.
This collection of loss quotes acknowledges the heartache that comes with losing someone or something dear and offers words of comfort.
While nothing can fully ease the pain, these quotes can help you process your emotions and find moments of peace amid the sorrow.
Loss, whether of a loved one, a friendship, or a dream, leaves a void, but through reflection, healing becomes possible.
These quotes address moving on after loss, finding the strength to continue, and embracing the memories that live on.
While the pain of loss may never fully disappear, these words can offer a sense of closure and the courage to keep moving forward.
Loneliness Is Temporary, These Quotes Are Timeless
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us — Helen Keller
The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief, but the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love — Hilary Stanton Zunin
Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day
When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure
The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live — Norman Cousins
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature’s delight — Marcus Aurelius
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives — Norman Cousins
The only way to overcome grief is to go through it, not around it
You never lose the ones you love. You carry them with you in your heart forever
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal
Sometimes, the person you miss the most is the person you once were
Though they are no longer with us, their spirit lives on in the lives they touched
Loss is hard. But life goes on, and we must, too
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey — Kenji Miyazawa
To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone — Harriet Beecher Stowe
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again — Charles Dickens
The song is ended, but the melody lingers on — Irving Berlin
No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply
Every time we remember those we have loved, we meet them again
Finding Comfort in Loneliness
Time takes away the edge of grief, but the memory turns back every leaf
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away — Terry Pratchett
Grief is the price we pay for love
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory
It’s hard to turn the page when you know someone won’t be in the next chapter, but the story must go on
The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives
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
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them
You can’t truly heal from a loss until you allow yourself to really feel the loss
The pain of losing someone dear to you is like a storm that comes and goes. But in time, the clouds clear, and the sun shines again
The loss is immeasurable, but so is the love left behind
Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love
When you lose someone you love, you gain an angel you know
There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart — Mahatma Gandhi
Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality — Emily Dickinson
Loss leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain — Khalil Gibran
Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow
Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color — W.S. Merwin
What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness
Loneliness Quotes That Will Touch Your Soul
The pain of loss is unbearable, but the memories are everlasting
To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die — Thomas Campbell
Nothing that is loved is ever lost, no one who has ever touched a life, who has brought beauty, comfort, and joy
Death ends a life, not a relationship — Mitch Albom
Those we love never truly leave us. There are things that death cannot touch — Jack Thorne
When you lose someone you love, you gain an angel you know
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy
No farewell words were spoken, no time to say goodbye, you were gone before I knew it, and only God knows why
The pain of loss is a reminder of the depth of love shared
What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes part of us — Helen Keller
Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape — C.S. Lewis
The sun can only be seen when it sets, and the soul is only fully appreciated when it has left
The song is ended, but the melody lingers on — Irving Berlin
I have lived with you and loved you, and now you are gone. Gone where I cannot follow, until I finish the rest of my journey
The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief, but the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love — Hilary Stanton Zunin
When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal
The greater the love, the greater the loss
We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world—the company of those who have known suffering
You’re Not Alone—Quotes to Ease Loneliness
The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives
To weep is to make less the depth of grief — William Shakespeare
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity
Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life
The pain of loss is like a wound that never truly heals, but over time, the pain becomes bearable
Loss is hard, but so is life, and we find a way to keep going
The dead never truly die. They live on in our memories
It is perfectly okay to admit you’re not okay
Losing someone feels like losing a part of yourself, and in a way, you are
Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them
In the gardens of memory, the palaces of grief, that’s where the two shall meet
The thing about death is that it reminds you how short life is
You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved
In every loss there is a gain
What the heart has once known, it shall never forget
You never stop loving someone, you just learn to live without them
The only way to overcome grief is to go through it, not around it
Loss leaves behind the footprints of love and the ripples of cherished memories
Even though the loss feels permanent, love transcends the boundaries of time
Overcoming Loneliness, One Quote at a Time
When you lose someone you love, it feels like time stands still, but the world keeps moving
Grief is love’s unwillingness to let go
Those we love can never be more than a thought away, for as long as there’s a memory, they live in our hearts to stay
Even in the darkest moments, the memory of a lost loved one can bring light
We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love
The pain of losing someone is the price we pay for the joy they brought us
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal
There is no death, only a change of worlds — Chief Seattle
Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon
The one who is gone is only gone from your sight, not from your heart
Loss teaches us to live more deeply, love more fully, and embrace every precious moment
Those we have held in our arms for a little while, we hold in our hearts forever
The reality is you will grieve forever, but that doesn’t mean your life stops
No one is ever truly lost when they leave behind memories that last a lifetime
The hardest part of losing someone isn’t having to say goodbye, but learning to live without them
The pain of loss is what makes us appreciate love even more
Grief is the reminder that love is eternal
The hardest walk is walking alone, but it’s also the walk that makes you stronger
When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure
The pain of loss is a part of the cost of loving deeply