Emily ParkerLosing a loved one to suicide is one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. The grief, guilt, and confusion can feel completely overwhelming. Finding the right words to express these complex emotions is difficult, which is why many find solace in quotes and sayings that capture the experience. Here are some thoughtful quotes about coping when someone you love kills themselves:
“Suicide leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
– From a headstone in Ireland
This quote acknowledges the deep heartache suicide loss causes while also reminding us that love endures and memories can be cherished. Even in death, the love you shared lives on.
“Some days, the world will weigh on your shoulders and make it hard to stand tall. On days like those, know you’re not alone.”
– Dan Howell
For those reeling from a suicide loss, some days the grief can feel completely crushing. This quote validates those feelings while offering comfort – you don’t have to carry this alone.
“There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.”
– Henry Longfellow
This quote gives words to the complex, unspeakable nature of suicide grief. It highlights the importance of finding healthy outlets for all the pain, anger, confusion – to avoid letting it fester silently.
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson
A beautiful sentiment that even in death, the love you feel for those lost to suicide lives on. Their memory and impact is never forgotten.
50 When Someone You Love Kills Themselves Quotes
“Suicide leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
“Some days, the world will weigh on your shoulders and make it hard to stand tall. On days like those, know you’re not alone.”
“There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.”
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”
“When you lose someone you love, you gain an angel you know.”
“The life of the dead is placed in the heart of the living.” – Cicero
“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.”
“Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep.”
– Mary Elizabeth Frye
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
– Helen Keller
“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson
“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.”
– James O’Barr
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, but love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
– Headstone in Ireland
“Grief is not a disorder, a disease or sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.”
– Earl Grollman
“When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night.”
– William Shakespeare
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.”
– Vicki Harrison
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
– Mark Twain
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson
“Grief never ends, but it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love.”
“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.”
– William Penn
“We understand death only after it has laid its hands on someone we love.”
– Anne L. de Stael
“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell.”
– Edna St. Vincent Millay
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
– Helen Keller
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson
“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.”
– James O’Barr
“When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night.”
– William Shakespeare
“If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again.”
– Author unknown
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
– Thomas Campbell
“His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘This was a man!’”
– William Shakespeare
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson
“When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.”
– Unknown
“Grief is the price we pay for love.”
– Queen Elizabeth II
“The song is ended but the melody lingers on…”
– Irving Berlin
“Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow.”
– Mary Elizabeth Frye
“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.”
– Thomas Moore
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson
“Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”
– Mark Twain
“When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night.”
– William Shakespeare
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson
“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.”
– William Penn
“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.”
– Unknown
“Grief is the price we pay for love.”
– Queen Elizabeth II
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
– Thomas Campbell
“His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘This was a man!’”
– William Shakespeare
“If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again.”
– Unknown
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
– Emily Dickinson
“Grief never ends…but it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith…It is the price of love.”
– Unknown
“When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.”
– Unknown
“Grief is love with nowhere to go.”
– Jamie Anderson
“May my condolences bring you comfort and my prayers ease the pain of this loss. Wishing you peace to bring comfort, courage to face the days ahead and loving memories to forever hold in your heart.”
The grief journey after losing someone to suicide is long and arduous. Let these quotes provide validation, comfort, and motivation to keep placing one foot in front of the other. You don’t heal from suicide loss, but with help, support, and time, you can integrate this painful loss into your life in a gentle, meaningful way.
Emily Parker
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