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“Your engine's idling and you need to add a little fresh insanity, and now I'm going to make coffee.”

Book:Den farliga resan

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Den farliga resan

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Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson, born on August 9, 1914, and died on June 27, 2001, was a renowned Finnish novelist. Her works are known for their unique style and profound emotions, which have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“But Cassius is already dead and he is smiling. The rest of the world vanishes. I see a black door. A hand pushing it. A chair waits for me between shafts of light. On that chair I see a boy whose feet don’t touch the ground. In his hands he holds a candle and with a single breath, he blows it out, and with it go all the shafts of light.”

Sadness

Book:Light Bringer

Source: Light Bringer

“You will be very surprised by how much energy you walk with, that’s not even yours to carry. So whenever you start to feel sick or depressed, make sure it is not someone else’s energy weighing you down first.”

Wisdom Spirituality Energy Sadness Depression Sickness Cleansing

Author:Robin S. Baker

“What is grief if not love persevering?”

Love Inspirational Sadness Grief And Loss Multiverse Scarlet Witch Marvel Cinematic Universe

Author:WandaVision

“He feels colossally sad. Blisteringly sad. Almost ecstatically sad.”

Sadness Sad

Book:Shy

Source: Shy

“Depression’s defining symptom is anhedonia, the inability to feel, anticipate, or pursue pleasure. Chronic stress depletes the mesolimbic system of dopamine, generating anhedonia. The link between childhood adversity and adult depression involves both organizational effects on the developing mesolimbic system and elevated adult glucocorticoid levels, which can deplete dopamine.”

Grief Sadness Depression Stress Anhedonia

Book:Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

“When I was little I didn’t know I’d grow up. Or I knew but didn’t feel it. Time at that age doesn’t exist. Each day it’s the same kitchen table With the same backyard outside, And sadness, when felt, Is sadness, but you aren’t sad.”

Life Poetry Sadness Childhood

Book:A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems

Source: A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems

“The saddest part of life is when the person who gave you the best memories becomes a memory.”

Love Death Memories Gone Sadness Weird

Author:Pandela Rinong

“Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one 's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Happiness Beauty Sadness Bittersweet

Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“When he woke up in the hospital, dry, and saw Sylvie on a chair next to him, his first thought was that he'd failed. The fact that he had failed meant he had to continue to walk forward with his life history--his mistakes--slung over his shoulders like a heavy backpack. This fact exhausted him, but he was too tired to reject it.”

Sadness Depression Suicide Attempt

Book:Hello Beautiful

Source: Hello Beautiful

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