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Sadness Quotes

"Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future."

"Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future."

Richard Rohr, American Theologian

Sadness, Religion, Change, Past, Future

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"Again, I lay awake, and I cried because of waste."

"Again, I lay awake, and I cried because of waste."

Morrissey, British Singer

Sadness, Reflection, Emotion, Loss

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"I wanted to tell her happy was hard for me. But I think she already knew that."

"I wanted to tell her happy was hard for me. But I think she already knew that."

Benjamin Alire Saenz, American Poet

Sadness, Happiness, Struggle, Emotion, Understanding

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"It's always your assumptions about you, about others, about future that make reality worse than it actually is."

"It's always your assumptions about you, about others, about future that make reality worse than it actually is."

Dragos Bratasanu, Romanian Scientist

Sadness, Mindset, Reality, Thought, Perception

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"My soul hurts."

"My soul hurts."

Jennifer Elisabeth, American Poet

Sadness, Pain, Soul, Emotion

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"Her endless, futile attempts to make her feelings known fell on stony ground. Slowly she retreated into the darkness where her dreams became reality and reality faded into the deep recesses of her soul...."

"Her endless, futile attempts to make her feelings known fell on stony ground. Slowly she retreated into the darkness where her dreams became reality and reality faded into the deep recesses of her soul...."

Virginia Alison, British Author

Sadness, Feelings, Dream, Isolation

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"Sadness and boredom were more bearable than the effort of living a normal life. Perhaps the idea of death began to hover over her during that period, as a kind of higher order of lassitude in which she would not have to move the blood in her veins or the air in her lungs; her repose would be absolute- not to think, not to feel, not to be."

"Sadness and boredom were more bearable than the effort of living a normal life. Perhaps the idea of death began to hover over her during that period, as a kind of higher order of lassitude in which she would not have to move the blood in her veins or the air in her lungs; her repose would be absolute- not to think, not to feel, not to be."

Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer

Sadness, Death, Despair, Life

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"She dried her tears, and they did smileTo see her cheeks' returning glow;Nor did discern how all the whileThat full heart throbbed to overflow.With that sweet look and lively tone,And bright eye shining all the day,They could not guess, at midnight loneHow she would weep the time away."

"She dried her tears, and they did smileTo see her cheeks' returning glow;Nor did discern how all the whileThat full heart throbbed to overflow.With that sweet look and lively tone,And bright eye shining all the day,They could not guess, at midnight loneHow she would weep the time away."

Emily Bronte, English Novelist

Sadness, Tears, Strength, Emotion

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