Quotes About Sadness

Scarce was the verdict spoken, When that still calm was broken, A childish form hath burst into the throng; With tears and looks of sadness, That bring no news of gladness, But tell too surely something hath gone wrong!

shedding gallons of tears, until

You are sad, the Knight said in an anxious tone: let me sing you a song to comfort you. Is it very long? Alice asked, for she had heard a good deal of poetry that day. It's long, said the Knight, but very, VERY beautiful. Everyone that hears me sing it - either it brings the TEARS into their eyes, or else - Or else what? said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause. Or else it doesn't, you know.

There's a moment of profound sadness that can be dispelled only by summoning my anger.

There's a great big hole in the middle of me, and no matter how hard I try, I can't fill it. I try to keep the awful, empty sadness out, but it keeps coming back in...

She wears her grief like a coat of feathers too heavy for flight.

Why, in fact, is the word pain rarely used when describing depression? The dictionary uses synonyms such as melancholy, despondency, and sadness.

It hurt to be so alone. It hurt to be forgotten.

And I take all that sadness back inside me, cleaning the floor, sweeping up the shredded bits of wax, because I don't want

And I take all that sadness back inside me, cleaning the floor, sweeping up the shredded bits of wax, because I don't want to leave any trace of my pain behind.

Without sadness, there can be no happiness, which means a state of eternal bliss really wouldn't be that blissful. In fact, at a certain point, it would be mostly annoying. Nothing to strive for, nothing to look forward to, nothing to do.

The truth is, genius and depression have always gone hand in hand. Which was why I spent so many afternoons, sitting at the piano, playing and playing, because my father said my music soothed his spirit and allowed him to rest in a way a truly great mind could never completely be at ease. I did my best to music the sadness out of him.

The question, O me! so sad, recurring - What good amid these, O me, O life? That you are here - that life exists and identity, that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or pathetic—it makes people come to you.

I am sad, like the hot dust on the streetsAnd the music of fresh fallen leavesCaught in a sliding summer breeze.

There was a silence. In spite of their sadness—because of it, even; for their sadness was the symptom of their love for one another—the three young men were happy.

In spite of their sadness - because of it, even; for their sadness was the symptom of their love for one another - the three young men were happy.

the sadness at the corners of the unsmiling crimson mouth

There was a silence. In spite of their sadness—because of it, even; for their sadness was they symptom of their love for one another—the three young men were happy.

For their sadness was a symptom of their love for one another—

While customarily splling coffee grounds all over the counter, I spotted a can in the corner whose red label read SADNESS. Was there so much of it they could can it and sell it? A bolt of pain went through my intestines before I realized that it was not SADNESS but SARDINES.

in great wisdom there was great sadness, and that he who multiplied knowledge also multiplied grief.

When loneliness mastered him he would go up to the cemetery...The rest of his time was taken up with a liturgy of habits that succeeded in warding off sadness.