The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.
There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process.
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped - to reach it.
You have to give a wound time to heal and think of other people's feelings.
To see a friend who has suffered the loss of all things begin again with trust and love, gives us strength to continue on.
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.