31 Quotes About Deceased Loved Ones

A lot of pain is experienced from the loss of a loved. Finding a way to remember them and making your life a living testament to theirs is just one way to pay tribute to them. Here are some amazing quotes about deceased loved ones that will bring you comfort.

“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife.”

“Because death is the only thing that could have ever kept him from you.”

“But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.”

“Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.”

“Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die.”

“For as long as the world spins and the earth is green with new wood, she will lie in this box and not in my arms.”

“He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.”

“I am always saddened by the death of a good person. It is from this sadness that a feeling of gratitude emerges.”

“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.”

“It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, and a day to love them, but it takes an entire lifetime to forget them.”

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”

“Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death”

“Not only had my brother disappeared, but–and bear with me here–a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared.”

“Perhaps they are not the 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.”

“Sometimes, when one person is absent, the whole world seems depopulated.”

“Sorrow and loss are constant, but if we all had to go through our whole lives carrying them the whole time, we wouldn’t be able to stand it. The sadness would paralyze us. So in the end we just pack it into bags and find somewhere to leave it.””

“The death of a beloved is an amputation.”

“The mightiest power of death is not that it can make people die, but that it can make the people you left behind want to stop living.”

“The song is ended but the melody lingers”

“The whole world can become the enemy when you lose what you love.”

“Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.”

“Time doesn’t heal all wounds. We both know that’s bullshit; it comes from people who have nothing comforting or original to say.”

“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.”

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

“What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead?”

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”

“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.”

“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.”

“Whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar. Here’s what really happens: The spaces between the times you miss them grow longer.”

“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face—I know it’s an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”

“You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.”

There are many first hand accounts and testimonies that can be shared when it comes to the death of a parent.