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Quotes About Sorrow

The source of sorrow is the pride of saying "I," It's fostered and increased by false belief in self. To this you may believe that there is no redress, But meditation on no-self will be the supreme way.
~ ??ntideva
Nothing stood between Sheryl's heart and skin. She was whole in her sorrow, perfectly connected inside and out, soul and body united, swaying with complete abandon to a dirge that only she could hear.
~ Athol Dickson
Ma fille, malheureusement, ou heureusement, tout le monde ne peut pas accéder au bonheur, que ce soit dans la vie ou dans une histoire. Le bonheur des uns engendre du malheur chez les autres. C'est triste, mais c'est ainsi...
~ Atiq Rahimi
One day you're going to remember me and how much I loved you... then you're going to hate yourself for letting me go.
~ Aubrey Drake Graham
Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is essentially an interruption of habits, it can be replaced by new habits. Constituting, as it does, a void, it is soon filled up by a real horror vacuum.
~ August Strindberg
Every moment of enjoyment Brings to some one else a sorrow, But your sorrow gladdens no one, For from sorrow naught but sorrow springs.
~ August Strindberg
I cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on them. So I dragged him with me these years across an ocean.
~ August Wilson
the day I die will never come tis' that day should be the day I die as I die I shall lie as ashes with the ones I love most
~ Austin apollos
The conception of "I am not" must of necessity follow the conception of "I am," because of its grammar, as surely in this world of sorrow night follows day. The recognition of pain as such, implies the idea of pleasure, and so with all ideas. By this duality, let him remember to laugh at all times, recognize all things, resist nothing; then there is no conflict, incompatibility or compulsion as such.
~ Austin Osman, Spare
Find expression for a sorrow and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.
~ Author Unknown
September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror's sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles' wings.--from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
~ Author-Poet Aberjhani
Now that I've lost you it kills me to say I tried to hold on as you slowly slipped away I'm losing the fight I've treated you so wrong Now let me make it right
~ Avenged Sevenfold
Ripped his heart out right before his eyes, eyes over easy
~ Avenged Sevenfold
Happiness we can only find in ourselves, it is a waste of time to seek for it from others, few have any to spare. Sorrow we have to bear alone as best we can, it is not fair to try to shift it on others, be they men or women. We have to fight our own battles and strike as hard as we can, born fighters as we are.
~ Axel Munthe
Sen benim keyfimin kâhyas? m?s?n? İster aÄŸlar?m, ister gene aÄŸlar?m.
~ aziz nesin
Stupid girl. Now she was going to have to die.
~ B.J. Daniels
When my father died of cancer in 1991, he left me with the assurance that he was headed to a better place. He used to always tell me that I was getting the raw end of the deal because I had to stick around here.
~ Bart Millard
I knew the coronavirus was a real thing, but it really hit home when my aunt died, and it was really hard to watch my mom go through that with her sister.
~ Sunisa Lee
The most heart-wrenching responsibility I have as Governor is to meet a family at the airport as they stand silently waiting for the military casket of their loved one to come home.
~ Charlie Baker
As a father I can't imagine the pain of digging my own child's grave.
~ John Bishop
Grief is the great equalizer.
~ Kari Skogland
There is a kind of euphoria of grief, a degree of madness.
~ Nigella Lawson
Grief is exhausting.
~ Ciaran Hinds
Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.
~ Kay Redfield Jamison