Sadness Quotes

3015 Sadness quotes by 1610 unique authors

I couldn’t help but think about school and everything else ending. I liked standing just outside the couches and watching them—it was a kind of… — John Green
She knew that there were all kinds of ways to make a conquest and that one of the surest roads to a woman's genitals was… — Milan Kundera
Once there had been joy, but now there was only sadness, and it was not, he knew, alone the sadness of an empty house; it… — Clifford D. Simak
Because of our broken instincts we are in pain. We continue in pain because our instincts have been twisted by reason. So, what are we… — Tatsuhiko Takimoto
There is nothing else for people to do. They do not think. They feel no passion, no hatred, no sadness; they feel nothing but fear,… — Lauren Oliver
Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me, so I knew what Augustus was… — John Green
It was the time of year, the time of day, for a small insistent sadness to pass into the texture of things. Dusk, silence, iron… — Don DeLillo
Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being… — Linda Lael Miller
People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that… — James O'Barr
only adj. thats the dilemma isn't it? when you're single, there's the sadness and joy of only me. And when you're paired, there's the sadness… — David Levithan
Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will; the saddened soul with sadness hides it's secrets, and the gay, with thrill. — Khalil Gibran
Being tired of all illusions and of everything about illusions – the loss of illusions, the uselessness of having them, the prefatigue of having to… — Fernando Pessoa
In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it… — William S. Burroughs
I didn't like the way I looked, the way I dressed and moved, what I achieved and what I felt I was worth. But there… — Bernhard Schlink
You can’t know, sweetie, because you’ve never had a baby become a brilliant young reader with a side interest in horrible television shows, but the… — John Green
(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadness) — Jean Sasson
And even sadness was also something for rich people, for people who could afford it, for people who didn't have anything better to do. Sadness… — Clarice Lispector
The times that were most fun seemed always to be followed by sadness now, because it was when life started to feel like it did… — John Green
Gentle lady, do not sing Sad songs about the end of love; Lay aside sadness and sing How love that passes is enough. Sing about… — James Joyce
And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible. — Stephen King
Christ walked the path every mortal is called to walk so that he would know how to succor and strengthen us in our most difficult… — Jeffrey R. Holland
For reasons he couldn’t understand a sadness came over him and it was then he saw the girl standing on the other side of the… — Melina Marchetta
I feel an overwhelming rush of sadness... I'm just struck with a sense of time passing so quickly, rushing forward. One day I'll wake up… — Lauren Oliver
Just the sound of his voice twists my stomach into a knot of unpleasant emotions like guilt, sadness and fear. And longing. I might as… — Suzanne Collins
After such an emotional day with her own parents, the thought nearly brought Luce to her knees with sadness. Daniel was alone in the world. — Lauren Kate

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