Wise women on loss

Wise women on loss

Many people don’t notice that quotation books & quote sites on the web are almost entirely dominated by quotes of men. This is a loss. In my continuing efforts toward inclusivity, here’s a collection of wise women’s words on loss.

Absence becomes the greatest Presence.

-May Sarton 

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

-Rita Mae Brown

No emotion is the final one.

-Jeanette Winterson

Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.

-Golda Meir

There are some griefs so loud

They could bring down the sky,

And there are griefs so still

None knows how deep they lie.

-May Sarton

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the day-time, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell.

-Edna St. Vincent Millay

Grass grows at last above all graves.

-Julia C.R. Dorr

When you’re away i feel like

i’m only wearing one shoe.

Alta

I hope you’ve found a quote you hadn’t previously appreciated. If so, please spread it around.

Big thanks to this week’s sources:  The New Beacon Book of Quotations by Women. Bartleby, KnowYourQuotes, Quotemaster, & ThoughtCatalogue.