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> [“He secretly believed that his greatest gift to the world would be to take that sadness with him when he was buried.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-watson/he-secretly-believed-that-his-greatest-gift-to-the-world-would-be-to/)

[Douglas Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-watson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/douglas-watson-58124_buried_he-secretly-believed-that-his-greatest-g_2534074.jpg)

> [“Everyone wants a world without sadness, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea/everyone-wants-a-world-without-sadness-but-you-can-t-have-a-rainbow/)

[Andrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/andrea-86156_rain_everyone-wants-a-world-without-sadness-b_2386132.jpg)

> [What protects you in this world from sadness and from the loss of an ability to do something? ... Work and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maira-kalman/what-protects-you-in-this-world-from-sadness-and-from-the-loss-of-an/)

[Maira Kalman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maira-kalman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/maira-kalman-14477_ability_what-protects-you-in-this-world-from-sad_1244866.jpg)

> [Even in a world with much sadness, at its essence, life is beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-reeves/even-in-a-world-with-much-sadness-at-its-essence-life-is-beautiful/)

[Dianne Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-reeves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/dianne-reeves-4711_beautiful_even-in-a-world-with-much-sadness-at-its_418065.png)

> [“There were a few years there, lost in borderless despair, when I used to experience all the world’s sadness as my own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/there-were-a-few-years-there-lost-in-borderless-despair-when-i-used/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/elizabeth-gilbert-131_sadness_there-were-a-few-years-there-lost-in-bor_1180250.jpg)

> [In a world where there is so much sadness and so much to be afraid of, good things do happen to people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-quinlan/in-a-world-where-there-is-so-much-sadness-and-so-much-to-be-afraid-of/)

[Kathleen Quinlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-quinlan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/kathleen-quinlan-32548_good-thing_in-a-world-where-there-is-so-much-sadnes_1323121.jpg)

> [To me, spending millions of dollars recreating the world's sadness with actors and props and sets - it seems like a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/to-me-spending-millions-of-dollars-recreating-the-world-s-sadness/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/taika-waititi-3300_cinema_to-me-spending-millions-of-dollars-recre_1443805.jpg)

> [You know, all the evil in the world, all the sadness comes from not having a good answer to that question: What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-ryman/you-know-all-the-evil-in-the-world-all-the-sadness-comes-from-not/)

[Geoff Ryman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-ryman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/geoff-ryman-24251_answers_you-know-all-the-evil-in-the-world-all-t_2606433.jpg)

> [Who in the world has not yearned for a loved one, has never said, If only he or she could come back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-kadar/who-in-the-world-has-not-yearned-for-a-loved-one-has-never-said-if/)

[Ismail Kadaré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-kadar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/ismail-kadar-13224_blanket_who-in-the-world-has-not-yearned-for-a-l_755713.jpg)

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