Mourning Quotes

“Bring flowers, pale flowers, on a bier to be laid.”

“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.”

“Grief is a process, not a destination.”

“The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.”

“How shall we mourn you who are killed and wasted, Sure that you would not have wished us to rage against the world?”

“We are not celebrating a victory... We are here to mourn the dead, British and Argentinian.”

“Grief is a process, not a state.”

“Chieftain, farewell! The nation mourns thee. Mothers shall teach thy name to their lisping children. The youth of our land shall emulate thy virtues.”

“Sorrow for a good man's death is in itself a good.”