Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Death and Mourning

“Nothing can make up for the absence of someone whom we love, 

and it would be wrong to try to find a substitute;

 we must simply hold out and see it through. 

That sounds very hard at first, 

but at the same time it is a great consolation, 

for the gap, as long as it remains unfilled, 

preserves the bond between us.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer