“To me it comes naturally, the peaks and valleys, sadness with happiness. I've definitely had periods, maybe, where I haven't been happy. Whether it's from a breakup or the good, old-fashioned blues - but I wouldn't say clinically depressed.” SadnessHavensPeriodsBreakupValleysOld FashionedPeaks And Valleys Author:Luke Wilson
“Well, I'm drawn to stuff that is darker. I will probably do a version of Jane Austen at some point because her books are really well known. Unfortunately they've been parodied to death, but they're so well known that I feel like I should approach it and I think I have an idea that will definitely spin it in a different way. There's melancholy and sadness around the edges. I haven't read all of her books, but it seems they often have... essentially happy endings?” ThinkingWayFeelsShouldWellsBookIdeasDifferentSeemsStuffKnownSadnessHavensApproachEdgesVersionsDifferent WaysMelancholyWell KnownJaneHappy EndingsAusten Author:Robert Sikoryak
“I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.” IfsBelieveSadnessHavensAppreciateFeeling SadHappiness And SadnessHappiness SadnessDeep Sadness Author:Nana Mouskouri
“So that's what I'm here to become. And suddenly, this word fills me with a brand of sadness I haven't felt since childhood. The kind of sadness you feel at the end of summer. When the fireflies are gone, the ponds have dried up and the plants are wilted, weary from being so green.” FeelsKindEndsFeltGoneSadnessChildhoodHavensSummerGreenPlantBrandsWearyPondsFireflyEnd Of Summer Book:Dry: A Memoir Source: Dry: A Memoir
“...I have so many dreams of my own, and I remember things from my childhood, from when I was a girl and a young woman, and I haven't forgotten a thing. So why did we think of Mom as a mom from the very beginning? She didn't have the opportunity to pursue her dreams, and all by herself, faced everything the era dealt her, poverty and sadness, and she couldn't do anything about her very bad lot in life other than suffer through it and get beyond it and live her life to the very best of her ability, giving her body and her heart to it completely. Why did I never give a thought to Mom's dreams?” ThinkingGivingHeartDreamBodyRememberYoungSufferingGirlOpportunityMy OwnAbilityPovertySadnessChildhoodHavensMomForgottenPursueErasYoung Women Author:Shin Kyung-sook
“You have had many sadnesses, large ones, which passed. ... But please, ask yourself whether these large sadnesses haven't rather gone right through you [that is, passed through you]. Perhaps many things inside you have been transformed; perhaps somewhere, someplace deep inside your being, you have undergone important changes while you were sad.” LifeHas BeensImportantAsksGoneSadnessHavensPleaseTransformedDeep Inside Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“It's just hard to travel in the shadow of regret. In fact, it's so hard that I actually haven't left yet.” HardFactsLeftSadnessHavensRegretShadow Author:Ani DiFranco
“When you're sad and when you're lonely and you haven't got a friend, just remember that death is not the end.” EndsRememberSadnessHavensLonely Author:Bob Dylan