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Quote by Jane Kenyon

“And from that day on everything under the sun and moon made me sad—”

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Jane Kenyon was an American poet known for her straightforward and profound language, exploring themes such as love, death, nature, and faith in her works. Her poetry has won the admiration of readers for its simplicity and depth of insight. more

“She envied Ralph his dying, for if one were thinking of rest that was the most perfect of all. To cease utterly, to give it all up and not know anything more - this idea was as sweet as a vision of a cool bath in a marble tank, in a darkened chamber, in a hot land. She had moments in her journey from Rome which were almost as good as being dead. She sat in her corner, so motionless, so passive, simply with the sense of being carried, so detached from hope and regret . . .”

Death Sad Release Escape Numb Henry James The Portrait Of A Lady

Book:The Portrait of a Lady

Source: The Portrait of a Lady

“She sat with him at any rate, in the grey clearance—as sad as a winter dawn—made by their meeting.”

Sad Depressing Henry James The Wings Of The Dove

Book:The Wings of the Dove

Source: The Wings of the Dove

“Day by day, just as the river flows towards the Sea I hope your heart brings you homeward - back to me.”

Love Life Inspirational Hope Relationships Nature Broken Sad Reconciliation

Book:Love Opens Your Eyes

Source: Love Opens Your Eyes

“It was like they were strangers. Maybe they were, again.”

Friendship Sad Fight Strangers Distant

Book:The Amateurs

Source: The Amateurs

“Now he drops his mouth open. Now he hops in a little circle. Now he drags his leg behind him. His moans fill the air in the quiet, still house.”

Sad

Book:A Little Life

Source: A Little Life

“‪I am a castle made of sands, a house made of cards, a diamond cut with blood, a ship carved of dreams, sunk beneath a sea of almosts, an orchestra of screams, dying, praying, to no one, in a cathedral of silence.‬”

Love Life Pain Death Poetry Lost Poem Sad Quote Jenim Dibie

Author:Jenim Dibie

“I lost him so uncontrollably, you understand”

Poetry Lost Loss Sad Granted Mary Szybist

Book:Granted

Source: Granted

“God must be a season, grandma said, looking out at the blizzard drowning her garden. My footsteps on the sidewalk were the smallest flights. Dear god, if you are a season, let it be the one I passed through to get here. Here. That's all I wanted to be. I promise.”

Poetry

Book:Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Source: Night Sky with Exit Wounds

“I know, released, she won't come back. This is different from letting what, already, we count as lost go. It is nothing like that. Also, it is not like wanting to learn what losing a thing we love feels like, Oh yes: I love her.”

Poetry Loss Sad Carl Phillips The Rest Of Love

Book:The Rest of Love

Source: The Rest of Love

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