Sadness Quote by Tahereh Mafi

“He couldn’t read her these days; it was as though she’d been taken away from him, and in her place some alien had dropped…

— Andrew Barrett

“She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow.”

— Cisneros Sandra

“I had loved her for so long. I didn’t think it was possible for me to feel any more for her, like she had…

— Julie Murphy

“She wanted to protect us from worry, from sadness, from loneliness--things her parents had not been able to protect her from. (About Alice)”

— Calvin Trillin

“And Alice drove her hand into Kate’s chest.”

— Victoria Schwab

“She felt bones in her cheek shatter with the impact.”

— Ryan Seek

“It was tragic how life had sucked her down to the bones, all her spontaneity her laughter and freedom had vanished. I knew then…

— Belinda Jeffrey

“All her bones seemed more purposeful than other people's. Like they weren't there to hold her up; they were there to make a point.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“Her sadness was like a deep well just beneath the surface of her determination.”

— Sage Steadman

“She looked fragile. Alone. Prisoner in the room through the mirror; an Alice who never made it back through the looking-glass.”

— Joss Stirling

“The midwife looked about on the floor, as if worried for a moment that Alice's nose had actually dropped off.”

— Georgia Byng

“Ma put down her head and she fought with a desire to cry.”

— John Steinbeck