Sadness Quotes

3015 Sadness quotes by 1610 unique authors

Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then… — Chogyam Trungpa
The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man;… — Thomas Mann
Who wants that? I'd rather choose to fall in love and be hurt. Sometimes I can't even sleep because I love someone too much. And… — Naoko Takeuchi
I don’t know how you can stand it. Over and over again, the same sadness—” He lifted her up. “The same ecstasy—” “The same fire… — Lauren Kate
Melancholy suicide. —This is connected with a general state of extreme depression and exaggerated sadness, causing the patient no longer to realize sanely the bonds… — Emile Durkheim
Now even if I die, no one will be so grieved as to do himself bodily harm. No [...] I know just how much sadness… — Osamu Dazai
My life has been like all the lives, long and hard and full of sadness and confusion and horror, a frightening, difficult dream punctuated by… — James Frey
It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness. — Banana Yoshimoto
But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life… — Katherine Applegate
They held me and told me everything would be fine, that sadness would rise from our bones and evaporate in sunlight the way morning fog… — Shane Jones
Sadness was so claustrophobic. — Kiran Desai
All these types of love come out of duty, respect, and gratitude. Most of them, as the women in my county know, are sources of… — Lisa See
I always want to tell these young idealists that the world is not as dangerous as many in the older generation want them to believe...The… — Jonathan Kozol
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 knew… — Dani Shapiro
The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Some people appear to be happy, but they simply don't give the matter much thought. Others make plans: I'm going to have a husband, a… — Paulo Coelho
Papa sat with me tonight. He brought the accordion down and sat close to where Max used to sit. I often look at his fingers… — Markus Zusak
There were hundreds of them spread across the floor, each telling its own tale of triumph or sadness, each letter representing a phase in her… — Cecelia Ahern
We can all of us be hurt, and no one is exclusively safe from worry and sadness. — Patrick deWitt
You have had many and great sadnesses, which passed. And you say that even this passing was hard for you and put you out of… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like… — Rajneesh
Listening to music, I always have exactly the same feeling: something’s missing. Never will I learn the cause of this gentle sadness, never will I… — Robert Walser
The guitar's still around me. I slip it off and put it down. I want to feel him. To feel his breath on my neck.… — Jennifer Donnelly
The Sisters vanished entirely then, and Aunt Harriet was standing over Tessa, her face flushed with fever as it had been during the terrible illness… — Cassandra Clare

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