The gist of the quotation is: there are no words that can console you for the loss of your mother, so I won't even try.
I really thought this was written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to her husband, Robert, but I cannot seem to find it attributed to her. I have also tried various keyword searches of online quotation sites using keywords such as death, mother, consolation, grief, etc, and I am not finding it anywhere. If you can identify the person who said it (I do know it was in a condolence letter!), I can probably take it from there.
Thank you.
2006-06-07 23:36:41 · 4 answers · asked by Bronwen 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother."
Author: Jane Welsh Carlyle
Source: None
http://www.worldofquotes.com/topic/Death-_-Immortality/2/index.html
2006-06-17 15:48:49 · answer #1 · answered by shhheket 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Words alone can not express my/the ....
2006-06-17 10:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry no
2006-06-08 13:48:03 · answer #3 · answered by bigjimmyguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-06-08 06:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by rash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋