Deserve Quote by Ruth Reichl

“She is an immense presence in the world. Tragedy and strength have so perfectly coalesced in her, as if one fed off the other.…

— Barbara Bode

“No one taps her deepest gifts through shame, guilt or anger. In fact, if you come from obligation, others smell the sadness in your…

— Tama Kieves

“As I see it, people who experience equal amounts of sadness and happiness in their lives must be incredibly blessed. Some people lead a…

— Masaji Ishikawa

She wanted—what some people want throughout life—a grief that should deeply touch her, and thus humanize and make her capable of sympathy.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly…

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

Some people take sadness for granted, until it happens to them.

— Anonymous

“Happiness can be a cruel thing in the face of someone else's grief.”

— Sasha Gould

With each sadness a woman gets more beautiful. I wonder if with each sadness a man gets stronger.

— Gackt

She must face her grief where the struggle is always hardest-in the place where each trivial object is attended by pleasant memories.

— Ellen Glasgow

“When one loves all things of the world, when one has that gift of joy, it is not the armour against grief that you…

— Steven Erikson

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken…

— Emile Durkheim

“The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of…

— Dean Koontz