1. “Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.” — Jean Giraudoux

2. Every dusk has its dawn.

3. There’s someone who has stood in the same dark place as you. They’d assure you that if you wait for the sun to rise again, you’ll hear the song of hope playing softly with promise.

4. You’re not alone. Ever. Ever. It’s a lie.

5. A broken heart means you’ve loved something, you’ve tried for something, and you’ve let life teach you. It means you lived.

6. “A wounded deer leaps highest.” — Emily Dickinson

7. Your grief is here to teach you something. It doesn’t ask you to let go of love, but quite the opposite — it asks you to love, again and again.

8. In the depths of sorrow you’ll eventually find an unwavering light.

9. Your heart is stronger than you realize.

10. Being consumed by anger, sadness, envy, or frustration is somehow, ironically, just what you need to make a positive change.

11. Your experience of grief is powerful, but so is your ability to love and heal.

12. “What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.” — Haruki Murakami

13. You don’t have all the answers. None of us do.

14. We all need help sometimes, and we’re wise to seek it, accept it, and praise it.

15. It’s okay to not be okay sometimes. Sometimes, it’s normal, healthy, and necessary to feel defeated so you know what it’s like to rise up another time.

16. Courage is moving through this difficult time, breathing through it, one step and one breath at a time.

17. A good life is a collection of moments, some good and some bad, that ultimately form the puzzle of your life. Don’t judge the whole picture by one piece of the puzzle, but lay your hope in the pieces that have yet to fall in place.

18. Love makes itself visible in pain.

19. If you feel the tears welling up, let yourself cry. Let your tears carry the emotions out of your system. Let them blot out the darkness and lead you down the road to healing.

20. To your suffering add understanding, patience, love, openness, and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

21. Grief is frightening, painful, overwhelming, and sometimes lonely, yet it’s somehow and sometimes the only way to experience a deeper sense of love, joy, and peace. Your grief is uniquely yours, but it’s intrinsically connected to everyone and everything in this universe.

22. “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

23. This too shall pass. This situation isn’t your final destination, and something good is happening right now on your behalf.

24. A painful ending is really the doorway to a brand new beginning. Do things truly end, then? Open your heart to what you don't know and can't see.

25. Some questions don’t have answers, and for those questions, the answer is: love.

26. A broken heart doesn’t mean you’re broken. The crack is there to let the light pour in.

27. "Let your tears come. Let them water your soul." —Eileen Mayhew

28. Life as you know it (as a human on earth) will end someday, but love doesn’t end. And where there’s love, there’s life.

29. Every single thing has value, and every stage is a step on your way home.

30. “Never forget, you have value. You are worth time, worth energy, worth worship. Your delicate enchantments are a holy wine. Silver aura of my moon. Song of my air. My afternoon shadows. My divine messenger. The literature of stars is in your very pores.” — Benedict Smith