Sad Quotes - Page 19

• I leave no trace of wings in the air, but I am glad I have had my flight.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Life, Air, Wings

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.451, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• I hate the moment when suddenly my anger turns into tears

  Timothy Keller

  Hate, Heart Failure, Tears

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• Sometimes we get sad about things and we don't like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don't know why we are sad, so we say we aren't sad but we really are.

  Mark Haddon

  People, Secret, Sometimes

  Mark Haddon (2012). “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: Vintage Children's Classics”, p.94, Random House

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• She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.

  Brian Andreas

  Beauty, Beautiful, Each Day

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• She was no longer wrestling with the grief,
  but could sit down with it as a lasting companion
  and make it a sharer in her thoughts.

  George Eliot

  Grief, Wrestling, Grieving

  George Eliot (1873). “Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life”, p.271

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• Those who are heartless, once cared too much.

  Frank Ocean

  Rapper, Heartless, Too Much

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• We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, being sad.

  John Green

  Pain, Real, Grief

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• Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.

  Veronica Roth

  Mother, Missing Someone, Hurt

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• Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

  Mitch Albom

  Losing A Loved One, Loss, Forever

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• All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.

  Mae West

  Love, Boyfriend, New Beginnings

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Depression, Pain, Hurtful

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• History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Bad Relationship, History

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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  The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Motivational, Inspiring, Strong Women

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• She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Lost Love, Grief, Appreciate

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Everything Is Illuminated”, p.78, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

  Sylvia Plath

  Life, Writing, Creativity

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.85, Anchor

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• I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Grief, Evil, Sorrow

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.1007, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Death, Attitude

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• Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Stupid, Silly, Ignorance

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.36, Penguin

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• There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Life, Disappointment

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.67, Beacon Press

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  I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Friendship, Philosophy, Real Friends

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: 1799-1803”, p.130, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Cute, Karma

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• Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

  "As I See Religion". Book by Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1932.

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