"Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning."

Sorrow, Truth, Happiness, Regret, Life

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"Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning."

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"I know, too, why she asked me not to forget her. Naoko herself knew, of course. She knew that my memories of her would fade. Which is precisely why she begged me never to forget her, to remember that she had existed. The thought fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. Because Naoko never loved me."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Sorrow, Memory, Love, Loss

"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Sorrow, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

"Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

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"Partying is such sweet sorrow."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

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"What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Sorrow, Life, Pain, Philosophy

"But sing no more this bitter tale that wears my heart away."

Homer, Greek Poet

Sorrow, Emotion, Loss, Grief

"Sugar cane reach up to GodAnd every baby cryingShame the blanket of my nightAnd all my days are dying."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Sorrow, Pain, Emotion, Despair, Darkness

"He fell on his knees on that barren ground, Staring at the sky. And the sky opened up for him by raining. With the rain, every drop of his tear was washed down filling the cracks beneath. nobody got to see his pain and agony. And yet again he remained a mystery that was never solved."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Sorrow, Pain, Rain, Emotion, Struggle

"The saddest sorrow is to desire death while you have life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow."

John Fletcher, English Dramatist

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"Determined, I riseand face the dawn with resolve.This time I will win."

Determination

"When you love someone, you don't care that she ate your sandwich. You only hope she found it delicious."

Humor

"Live today facing forward-with your back on yesterday, your eyes on tomorrow, and your head and heart in the moment."

Mindfulness

"On a grim and dismal day that shattered my last ounce of confidence, I broke down and whimpered, "I'm awful and hideous and incompetent and boring and utterly useless. And then you grinned at me and said, "That's okay."

Comfort

"Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it's a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one."

Caution

"A good dose of fantasy is exercise for your sensibilities, it keeps your avatar strong."

Creativity

"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."

Criticism

"Never be intimidated by what seems ominous, for BiG is only an accumulation of many smalls."

Courage

"What if dragons breathed bubbles and purred when they cuddled and giggled at chivalrous knights for their troubles?What if dragons felt soft, having scales made of cloth,and they moved rather slow like a brown-throated sloth?What if dragons were shyand did easily crywhen confronted by characters callous and sly?What if dragons did goodbut were misunderstoodso men mercilessly slew the beasts right where they stood?What if dragons aren't missedbecause there is no listof extinct types of quarry that now don't exist?"

Imagination

"Walk with me for a while, my friend-you in my shoes, I in yours-and then let us talk."

Companionship