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All was ended now, the hope, and the fear and the sorrow, All the aching of the heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing,… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“I plucked one feather from my hood and left it on his forehead, for, his, head. For a souvenir, for a warning,… — Max Porter Copy Share Image
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The inanity of her remark infuriated him. 'Good grief don't you understand Janet? At this point I'm thoroughly delusional. I'm as mentally… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“At some point, it's time to stop fighting with death, my thighs and the way things are. And to realize that emotional… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Michael [Jackson] reconstructed his face and deconstructed the African features into a spooky European geography of fleshly possibilities, and yet what we… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief.… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
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Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, it’s an antecedent… — Mishka Copy Share Image
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Images flicker, each one bringing its own sorrow or its own smile. Sometimes both. At the very worst, an impenetrable and sightless… — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
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Perfect friendship puts us under the necessity of being virtuous. As it can only be preserved among estimable persons, it forces us… — Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles Copy Share Image
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“Pain, sorrow, anger, these are all powerful emotions. Allowed to rule and left unchecked, they would destroy you. However, through training and… — Jonathan Yanez Copy Share Image
When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed by the TV, I felt empty and hungry. My heart hurt... I often… — Judith Wright Copy Share Image
The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain… — John Millington Synge Copy Share Image
Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
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We don't go to the ocean for anything as simple as happiness, do we? We go there to feel alive. Like life,… — Eileen Wilks Copy Share Image
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![“Michael [Jackson] reconstructed his face and deconstructed the African features into a spooky European geography of fleshly possibilities, and yet what we couldn't deny, that even as his face got whiter and whiter his music got Blacker and Blacker. His soul got more deeply rooted in the…” quote by Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/michael-eric-dyson-1424_agony_michael-jackson-reconstructed-his-face-a_2394872.png)
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