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Grief & Loss Quotes

Written close to the event, mostly. These are not reflections from a safe distance — several of these books were the way their authors got through the year they describe.

31 quotes
“A dense, stifling silence had fallen on the house, and I was conscious of the silence, as though a vacuum had opened in my heart.”
— Muhammad Ahmed, Learning Beyond Numbers
Grief & Loss
Cover of Learning Beyond Numbers
“The silence he left behind felt heavier than before, pressing down on the old wooden walls, on my ribs, on the back of my throat.”
— Noor Fatima, Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
Grief & Loss
Cover of Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
“A father who has crossed worlds and fought battles and carried a drawing next to his heart, standing in a fog that has shown him everything he cannot fix.”
— Amer Sohail, Saruda: Realm of War
Grief & Loss
Cover of Saruda: Realm of War
“When someone so close to heart leaves you in a world, where every hurdle you have to face yourself mere whim is more than enough to shudder a person.”
— Ayesha S. Khan, The Freezing Point
Heartbreak Grief & Loss
Cover of The Freezing Point
“Aggressive behavior, mood swings, fighting over petty things for no reason, frustration are all the symptoms that a victim experiences.”
— Syed Ommer Amer, The Forbidden Story
Heartbreak Grief & Loss
Cover of The Forbidden Story
“Strange thing is, divorce in our society was even worse than being beaten to death.”
— Dania Shah, Of Shame and Secrets- Domestic Abuse & Trauma Survivor Story
Truth Grief & Loss
Cover of Of Shame and Secrets- Domestic Abuse & Trauma Survivor Story
“The candles shall flicker with the approach of the storm as the dark winds will crush the hope and bury the happiness within the infinite depths of darkness.”
— Ashutosh Bansode, The Dark Ruse- Psychological Mystery Book
Motivation Grief & Loss
Cover of The Dark Ruse- Psychological Mystery Book
“Let the pain make its mark so when the heart burst the warmth away, the ruins remain of the legend that shall forever be told.”
— Laiba Sehrish Nawaz, Abduction from the Lethe
Love Grief & Loss
Cover of Abduction from the Lethe
“The silence comforted her, as without even saying a word, he understood all her pain.”
— Zena Vatsa, Her Great Escapade
Grief & Loss
Cover of Her Great Escapade
“The pain strikes you like a violent cramp seizing your brain, sharp and twisting, as if something inside your skull is tightening with unbearable force.”
— Muaz Mirza, Death and Denial - Dark Fantasy Book
Heartbreak Grief & Loss
Cover of Death and Denial - Dark Fantasy Book
“My skin prickled as goosebumps spread across my arms; my breath shallowed, as if these words unlocked a darkness inside me, a secret meant only for me.”
— Noor Fatima, Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
Grief & Loss
Cover of Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
“Eyes speak a painful language; perhaps, the language is painful because it is the truth.”
— Mahnoor Ali Syed, Sweet Sleep
Grief & Loss Truth
Cover of Sweet Sleep
“Even the Moon Left Me was born from silence, from loss, and from the strange beauty that follows both.”
— Asra Amjad, Even the moon left me - poetry book about love
Heartbreak Grief & Loss
Cover of Even the moon left me - poetry book about love
“Scribbled handwriting, different pens, different hands - all desperate attempts to explain something no one wanted to believe.”
— Noor Fatima, Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
Grief & Loss
Cover of Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
“What matters is the impact it had on me, a child who learned that silence was safer than speech.”
— Azeez Ahmad Zai, Somewhere in between
Grief & Loss
Cover of Somewhere in between
“The paths twisted with a sense of déjà vu so intense it made my head throb, as if I had lived a version of this story before.”
— Noor Fatima, Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
Grief & Loss
Cover of Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
“Acceptance of pain heals our pain, acceptance of grief makes us a source of light not only for ourselves but also for others.”
— Iqra Saeed, Light Upon Light- Reflections
Grief & Loss Hope
Cover of Light Upon Light- Reflections
“Those who cherish the ecstasy of pain, never express their pain.”
— Masaud Akhtar Zaigham, The Jewels of Urdu Poetry
Heartbreak Grief & Loss
Cover of The Jewels of Urdu Poetry
“Windows stared back at me as blind eyes, and a sour, damp smell hung over everything, rotten and mixed with something I couldn’t place.”
— Noor Fatima, Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
Grief & Loss
Cover of Her Name Was- Best Psychological Thriller Novel
“The writing is visceral and evocative; it is less about describing events and more about making you, the reader, feel them.”
— Meeم A’yن, You, the witness - Palestinian poetry book
Grief & Loss
Cover of You, the witness - Palestinian poetry book
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