Death Of A Friend

Unable are the loved

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. Emily Dickinson

But fate ordains that

But fate ordains that dearest friends must part. Edward Young

For some moments in

For some moments in life there are no words. David Seltzer

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; ’tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among … Read more

There’s one thing that

There’s one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die – their silence. Ben Hecht

The deep pain that

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost. Arthur Schopenhauer

Your lost friends are

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod. Aristophanes

He who has gone,

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Say not ‘Good-night’ but

Say not ‘Good-night’ but in some brighter clime, bid me ‘Good-morning.’ Anna Letitia Barbauld

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. What! said one of his disciples, you weep at the death of an enemy? Ah, ’tis true, replied the great Stoic; but you should … Read more