Acceptance Quote by Rebecca Harlem

“Her gaze was direct, full of a sadness so raw and crystallized that I could see the shape of it.”

— Brenna Yovanoff

“She smiled and her whole face lit up. Or maybe it was mine. All I know for certain is that smile lit up even…

— J. Sterling

“Mostly I have felt myself becoming a servant of sadness. I am still looking for the beauty in that.”

— Maggie Nelson

“And how sad it is that the last face someone makes at you is always the face you remember the most.”

— Catherine Lacey

“He was sort of beautiful. In his own dark, depressing way, but still. She was going to miss that stupid fucking beautiful face.”

— Allie Burke

“They had sadness in their eyes, yet their lips had the potential to smile.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“I was too miserable to take much consolation just from feeling good for a moment in a welter of shudders and salted, bloodstained tears.”

— Anne Rice

“It wasn't the disappearance of happiness so much as the appearance of sadness.”

— Alia Yunis

“And as I watched her dying, I don’t remember the look of surprise on her face or the fear in her eyes, or seeing…

— Michelle Hodkin

“Persistent smile brings out hollow dimples, and persistent frowns brings out hollow wrinkles.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“I don't recognise any of my emotions any more. There's no such thing as plain joy or grief. It's horror and relief and panic…

— Elizabeth Wein

“Her face was pale, her eyes as sad as when she looked at the ocean.”

— Rick Riordan