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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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"The saddest sorrow is to desire death while you have life."
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"Not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city."
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"Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell."
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"Partying is such sweet sorrow."
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"My life has become a dismal sigh fettered by pangs of grief and anguished weeping."
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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."
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"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions."
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"Each new mornNew widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrowsStrike heaven on the face, that it resoundsAs if it felt with Scotland, and yelled outLike syllable of dolor."
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"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."
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"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."
Family

"I'm not saying that I think one man is better than the other. I'm not saying that either is kinder or wiser or more ambitious, more thoughtful, confident, or able. But the fact is that when I'm with the one, comfort settles into my bones. I feel calm around him, as if the sun is smiling down on me and the world has suddenly become a sweet, safe place to be. I feel good about life-about myself. And it's hard not to want to be near someone who, just by their very nature, makes you feel that way."
Emotion

"This day is the most recent set of events to define you. Every day changes your life. Every last one."
Change

"It's good to look at life from the bottom up so you can see that things have risen above what they once were."
Perspective

"I am grateful for the rare opportunities to look at my circumstances from a higher perspective, one detached from the dim outlook I normally insist on seeing. These periodic glimpses show me life's grandeur."
Gratitude

"The sweetest melody that playson starry nights and wintry days,most soothing to my listening earsand calming to beleaguering fears,I call a symphony on air-the song of sweet, still silence rare."
Peace

"I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit."
Connection

"Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm, and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves that wreck and sink your boat. Life is a series of storms-overcast skies, fierce winds, and pelting rain. You were meant to be immersed in it all-first to float, then swim, and eventually to walk on water."
Life

"In an unfathomable expanse of universe supporting galaxies of star systems with orbiting planets innumerable, I am nothing. And yet to the few bodies encircling my tiny little spot in the world, I am essential."
Existence

"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."
Strength
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