Animal Quote by Augusten Burroughs

When I was really sad, I would be like a little kid wiggling a loose tooth or touching a sore spot - there were…

— Claire Dederer

I was always sad as a child, for as long as I can think back. I hated crowds of people, and used to sit…

— Greta Garbo

I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness.

— Gloria Estefan

This sadness wasn't a huge part of me--I wasn't remotely depressed--but still, it was like a stone I carried in my pocket. I always…

— Dani Shapiro

Meanwhile, as we read, two little girls slept as if couched on zephyrs on the south side of the parlor floor, in a room…

— Mary Cantwell

I was very depressed when I was 19... I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It…

— Lady Gaga

I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead.

— Anonymous

My heart was in a perpetual state of sadness and the only relief I could find were in those cathartic cries. I lived a…

— Anonymous

I've had very deep moments of sadness. What I do is really sob, really cry, do whatever it is, and then kind of release…

— Valerie Harper

I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead. The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful;…

— Mark Twain

Their leaving made me melancholy, though I also felt something like relief when they disappeared into the dark trees. I hadn't needed to get…

— Cheryl Strayed

Sadness is not always the worst feeling. Sometimes it's a really pleasurable thing to be overwhelmed with sadness.

— Matt Berninger