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Mourning Quotes - Page 4

Hung be the heavens with black! Yield, day, to night!

'Henry VI, Part 1' (1592) act 1, sc. 1, l. 1

Desiring always to be in mourning, he clothed himself with night.

Victor Hugo (2000). “Les Mis??rables”, p.589, Modern Library

Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.

"Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.

Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.224, University of Chicago Press

Ring out your bells! Let mourning show be spread! For Love is dead.

Sir Philip Sidney, William Gray (1829). “The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney, Knt: With a Life of the Author and Illustrative Notes”, p.197

Nothing says "deeply in mourning" like canapés and free beer.

Mira Grant (2010). “Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy:”, p.158, Hachette UK

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

"'Where the Wild Things Are:' The Psychology Behind Maurice Sendak's Classic" by Mikaela Conley, abcnews.go.com. May 8, 2012.

The hair is the finest ornament women have. Of old, virgins used to wear it loose, except when they were in mourning.

Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.307

As a citizen of the post-historical variety, I am in continual mourning and prepared for worse.

"In Los Angeles, Kate Braverman starved for culture until S.F. called her back home" by Edward Guthmann, www.sfgate.com. January 30, 2006.