“When someone you love dies, you get a big bowl of sadness put down in front of you, steaming hot. You can start eating now, or you can let it cool and eat it bit by bit later one. Either way, you end up eating the whole thing. There's really no way around it.” WayEndsWholeBigsDiesBitsSadnessFrontsEatingHotBowlsOne You LoveSomeone You Love Author:Ralph Fletcher
“You can't out-travel sadness. I travel not to get away from my troubles but to see how they look in front of famous buildings” LooksTroubleSadnessFrontsBuildingGet Away Author:Elizabeth McCracken
“It was pretty hard to actually have to say the words with my teammates, my wife and my boys there. I realized it was going to happen before that day [I announce retirement], but to have to announce it and talk about in front of a lot of people was tougher than I expected. I'm glad that feeling has kind of gone away. That sadness hasn't lingered.” PeopleKindHardFeelingsHappensBoysGoneWifeSadnessFrontsMy WifeExpectedI RealizedGladRetirementTeammateMy BoysGone Away Author:Prince Fielder
“So you mustn't be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an anxiety - like light and cloud-shadows, moves over your hands and everything you do. You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in the palm of its hand and will not let you fall.” IfsHandsLightMovingFaithFallFearRealizingSadnessFrontsAnxietyHappeningsShadowForgottenDearCloudsFrightenedPalms Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“Madame V begins the lesson by reading aloud the first stanza of a famous French poem: Il pleure dans mon coeur Comme il pleut sur la ville; Quelle est cette langueur Qui penetre mon coeur? Then she looks up and without any warning she calls on me to translate it. I swallow hard, and try: "It's raining in my heart like it's raining in the city. What is this sadness that pierces my heart?" Saying these words out loud, right in front of the whole class, makes me feel like I'm not wearing any clothes.” FeelsTryingFirstsLooksHeartHardWholeReadingCitiesClassSadnessFrontsMy HeartLessonsClothesRainLoudLook UpWarningTranslatePierceReading Aloud Author:Sonya Sones
“Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me, so I knew what Augustus was doing. You clench your teeth. You look up. You tell yourself that if they see you cry, it will hurt them, and you will be nothing but a Sadness in their lives, and you must not become a mere sadness, so you will not cry, and you say all of this to yourself while looking up at the ceiling, and then you swallow even though your throat does not want to close and you look at the person who loves you and smile.” PeopleIfsWantTryingLooksPersonsDoeHurtSadnessLove YouFrontsCryMereTeethLook UpThroatDevotedCeilingsDoing YouAugustus Author:John Green
“Brod discovered 613 sadnesses, each perfectly unique, each a singular emotion, no more similar to any other sadness than to anger, ecstasy, guilt, or frustration. Mirror Sadness. Sadness of Domesticated Birds. Sadness of Being Sad in front of One's Parent. Humor Sadness. Sadness of Love Without Release.” ParentEmotionSadnessFrontsUniqueBirdMirrorsGuiltReleaseFrustrationEcstasyBeing Sad Book:Everything Is Illuminated Source: Everything Is Illuminated