Sadness Quotes

3015 Sadness quotes by 1610 unique authors

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. — E. M. Forster
Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses. — Mark Haddon
As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people… — Emmylou Harris
It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure. — Ernie Harwell
Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep. — Taraji P. Henson
If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to… — Audrey Hepburn
When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You… — Freddie Highmore
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of… — Eric Hoffer
Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness. — Nick Hornby
Life just doesn't care about our aspirations, or sadness. It's often random, and it's often stupid and it's often completely unexpected, and the closures and… — Khaled Hosseini
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death,… — Eugene Ionesco
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They… — Washington Irving
Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals? — Mahalia Jackson
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. — William James
I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always… — Jerome K. Jerome
People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the… — Elton John
Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable. — Janis Joplin
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by… — Carl Jung
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness. — Jackie Kennedy
I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top. — John Keats
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is… — Helen Keller
A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big… — Jack Kerouac
If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I… — Alicia Keys
Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness. — Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on… — C.S. Lewis

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