Shattered (revisited)

From CQC

Titled "Shattered: Surviving the Loss of A Child" by Gary Roe Quotes

Part One

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Part Two

The pain of the leaving can tear us apart. ~Henri Nouwen

Everyone can master a grief but he who has it. ~Shakespeare

Grief is the proof that love is still here.  ~Tessa Shaffer

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Part Three

Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering.

~Henri Nouwen

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Part Four

Something inside the heart has died. ~Unknown

Not all those who wander are lost. ~J.R. Tolkien

There is an empty place within me where my heart once was.  ~George Martin

But of all Heaven's lessons, guilt isn't one of them. You don't need to hold onto it. It doesn't need to be a practice and it shouldn't be your life. ~Tessa Shaffer

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Part Five

Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it. ~Joan Didion

If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you can't possibly imagine it.  ~Lemony Snicket

I have heard many things like these. You are miserable comforters, all of you.  ~The Book of Job

What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

~Helen Keller

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Part Six

I will never forget the moment when your heart stopped beating and mine kept beating. ~Angela Miller

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.  ~Kenji Miyazawa

And love is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. ~Henri Nouwen

Those we love never leave us, Harry.  ~J.K. Rowling

It does not matter how long you live but how well you do it. ~MLK Jr.

God loves you because of Who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.