RIP TO SOMEONE SPECIAL QUOTES

“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“Those we love don’t go away; they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed, and very dear.” – Anonymous

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller

“Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts.” – Anonymous

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” – From a headstone in Ireland

“Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.” – William Wordsworth

“Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II

“Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.” – Terri Guillemets

“Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.” – Eskimo Proverb

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

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss ADOPTION QUOTES FOR BIRTH MOTHERS

“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.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.” – Terry Pratchett

“Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I’ll miss you until we meet again.” – Anonymous

“Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” – Rossiter Worthington Raymond

“Unable to move mountains, I can raise small stones.” – Japanese proverb

“Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Sometimes, the strength within you is not a big fiery flame for all to see. It’s just a tiny spark that whispers softly, ‘You got this. Keep going.'” – Anonymous

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” – Albert Pine

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a ride!'” – Hunter S. Thompson

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” – Norman Cousins