Saddest Quotes

265 quotes by 224 authors

The saddest thing about love, Joe, is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten. — William Faulkner
have you ever seen a genius out there looking for a job? it's the saddest thing in the world. no one will hire him. there… — Henry Miller
If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. — Mercedes Lackey
I wouldn't say that my emotions are extreme. I'd say they are committed. My moods are the equivalent of Madonna's dancing: inappropriate but all-out. If… — Emma Forrest
The funniest people are the saddest once — Confucius
It's twilight. Itâ€™s the safest time of day for us. The easiest time. But also the saddest, in a way...the end of another day, the… — Stephenie Meyer
It is one of the saddest spectacles of our time to see a great democratic movement support a policy which must lead to the destruction… — Friedrich August von Hayek
In great misfortunes, people want to be alone. They have a right to be. And the misfortunes that occur within one are the greatest. Surely… — Willa Cather
That is the saddest part when you lose someone you love - that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person… — Amy Tan
That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood. — Alexandra Adornetto
Christ is building His kingdom with earth's broken things. Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unbroken, in building their kingdoms; but… — J.R. Miller
You know, I think the people I feel saddest for are the ones who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb… — Douglas Coupland
...of all things this was the saddest, that life goes on: if one leaves one's lover, life should stop for him, and if one disappears… — Truman Capote
The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist. — Guillermo del Toro
my mother, poor fish, wanting to be happy, beaten two or three times a week, telling me to be happy: "Henry, smile! why don't you… — Charles Bukowski
When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. You'd be shocked at how many adults are really dead insideâ€”walking through their… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Sometimes this fellow's music was like little colored pieces of crystal candy, and other times it was the softest, saddest thing she had ever imagined… — Carson McCullers
I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Zoe one of the very saddest notions in love and life: sometimes the timing… — Emily Giffin
Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They… — Kate DiCamillo
I think youâ€™re the saddest person Iâ€™ve ever met. Itâ€™s like youâ€™re drowning in it. — Elizabeth Scott

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