“Food became the antidote for feelings of guilt, sadness, and anger. ... Food is a resolution to controversy; food is rescue. We ate and talked and cried and laughed in the kitchen and ate again. This was about more than just food. It was about our mom making connections the best she could and in the way she knew best across the kitchen table, across time and across sadness.” WayFeelingsFamilySadnessFoodMomEatingConnectionsTablesGuiltMealsKitchenResolutionLaughedRescueCriedControversyAntidoteKitchen TableSadness And Anger Author:Rose Quiello
“If my pictures are about anything at all, I think it's about trying to make a connection in the world. I see them as more optimistic in a certain way. Even though it's very clear there's a level of sadness and disconnection, I think that they're really about trying to make a connection and almost the impossibility of doing so.” IfsThinkingWorldWayTryingCertainLevelsClearSadnessConnectionsOptimisticImpossibilityDisconnection Author:Gregory Crewdson
“I would hate to think I'm promoting sadness as an aesthetic. But I grew up in not just a family but a town and a culture where sadness is something you're taught to feel shame about. You end up chronically desiring what can be a very sentimental idea of love and connection. A lot of my work has been about trying to make a space for sadness.” ThinkingFeelsTryingHas BeensIdeasEndsHateCultureSpaceSadnessTaughtGrewGrew UpConnectionsTownsShameAestheticSentimentalPromoting Author:Mike Mills
“I believe in the importance of individuality, but in the midst of grief I also find myself wanting connection - wanting to be reminded that the sadness I feel is not just mine but ours.” FeelsBelieveI BelieveGriefSadnessMinesConnectionsImportanceIndividualityI Believe InMidst Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? — why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections — an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places — which, very likely, have no connection with the present time and place.” IdeasSeemsSadnessConnectionsBreatheChainsCarrieRecollectionPresent Time Book:Delphi Works of Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Works of Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated)
“Thoughts of the girl crashed around his mind, made him remember the connection he felt. A sadness washed over him, as if he missed her, wanted to see her. That doesn't make sense, he thought. I don't even know her name.” IfsKnowsMindMadeWantedRememberGirlNamesFeltSadnessConnectionsMake Sense Book:The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection (Maze Runner) Source: The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection (Maze Runner)