Sadness Quotes

3015 Sadness quotes by 1610 unique authors

She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness… — Jonathan Safran Foer
They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known. And I believe there is a time… — Billy Joel
. . . owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do. — John Grogan
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. — Markus Zusak
February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness of the spring.… — Boris Pasternak
The only sadnesses that are dangerous and unhealthy are the ones that we carry around in public in order to drown them out with the… — Rainer Maria Rilke
We must curb ourfury, and allow sadness to diminish, and speak our stories with coolness and deliberation. — Matthew Tobin Anderson
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. — William Shakespeare
And oh, god, how could so much regret and so much sweetness and so much sadness all be present in that single moment. I was… — Katherine Applegate
She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know — Marilyn Monroe
Love has, at its best, made the inherent sadness of life bearable, and its beauty manifest. — Kay Redfield Jamison
The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness. — Victor Hugo
We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is our… — Cecelia Ahern
Reading is pleasure and happiness to be alive or sadness to be alive and above all it's knowledge and questions. — Roberto Bolano
Since the first human eye saw a leaf in Devonian sandstone and a puzzled finger reached to touch it, sadness has lain over the heart… — Loren Eiseley
For the first time in longer than I can remember, I feel peaceful. Not happy. Not sad. Not anxious. Not horny. Just all the higher… — Chuck Palahniuk
And Isi always listened, never told Enna she had been foolish, never said hollow things like 'You'll be all right.' . . . Isi saw… — Shannon Hale
By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also. — Thomas Browne
Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must… — Brian Jacques
I have neither the scholar's melancholy, which is emulation; nor the musician's, which is fantastical; nor the courtier's, which is proud; not the soldier's which… — William Shakespeare
Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you. — Lauren Conrad
So as a seventh grader, no, you weren't friends with people you didn't like. But sometimes you also weren't friends with people you did like,… — Lauren Myracle
So you mustn't be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Sometimes you walk past a pretty girl on the street there's something beyond beauty in her face, something warm and smart and inviting, and in… — Jonathan Tropper
I felt like crying but nothing came out. it was just a sort of sad sickness, sick sad, when you can't feel any worse. I… — Charles Bukowski

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