Tis going, I own, like the Knight of the Woeful Countenance, in quest of melancholy adventures--but I know not how it is,… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't let yourself forget that God's grace rewards not only those who never slip, but also those who bend and fall. So… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
When you’re sad you need to hear your sorrow structured into sound. — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“Here dwells a snake, one thousand miles long Coiled, one thousand miles deep Eyes like candy, it has eyes like candy Hard… — James O'Barr Copy Share Image
Liszt commenting on the music of Frédéric Chopin: He confided . . . those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
You must reach inside yourselves where I live like a story, not old, not young laughing at my own sorrow, weeping pearls… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
Libertarians are learning to their sorrow that big businessmen cannot necessarily be relied upon to be their allies in the battle against… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
This silence speaks a million words Words of comfort so shallow How I wish even for one tear But for my heart… — Swallow The Sun Copy Share Image
It was the nature of his profession that his experience with death should be greater than for most and he said that… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“She breathed in the crisp autumn air, hoping the loveliness of nature would somehow cleanse her soul and overshadow her sorrow.” — J.E.B. Spredemann Copy Share Image
There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow. — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image
The peace of Manderley. The quietude and the grace. Whoever lived within its walls, whatever trouble there was and strife, however much… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying… — Corrie Ten Boom Copy Share Image
“The all-victorious Christ is like a great rock in a weary land, to whose shelter we may flee in every time of… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
But sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. [...] True sorrow is as rare as true love. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
It’s what happens when two people become one: they no longer only share love. They also share all of the pain, heartache,… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
As bronze may be much beautified by lying in the dark damp soil, so men who fade in dust of warfare fade… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
Tom gets by, Navidson succeeds. Tom just wants to be, Navidson must become. And yet despite such obvious differences, anyone who looks… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul. — Margaret of Valois Copy Share Image
Great passions may give us a quickened sense of life, ecstasy and sorrow of love, the various forms of enthusiastic activity, disinterested… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image