Condolence

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature's delight

In one of the stars, I shall be living. In one of them, I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night

To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings

Gone yet not forgotten, although we are apart, your spirit lives within me, forever in my heart

Life is a dream walking, death is a going home

Grief is the price we pay for love

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one

Fear not death, for the sooner we die the longer we shall be immortal

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys

There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern - why then should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?

Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one

May the peace which comes from the memories of love shared comfort you now and in the days ahead