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“Nostalgia! I feel it even for someone who meant nothing to me, out of anxiety for the flight of time and a sickness bred of the mystery of life. If one of the faces I pass daily on the streets disappears, I feel sad; yet they meant nothing to me, other than being a symbol of all life.”

Ifs Life Feels Faces Time Mystery Sadness Streets Anxiety Disappear Nostalgia Flight Symbols Sickness Mystery Of Life I Feel Sad

Book:The Book of Disquiet

Source: The Book of Disquiet

“Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed, while the curtains of the next are brushed by shadow of the dance. A wedding-party returns from church, and a funeral winds to its door. The smiles and the sadness of life are the tragi-comedy of Shakespeare. Gladness and sighs brighten and dim the mirror he beholds.”

Joy Next House Church Party Grief Comedy Doors Sadness Streets Wind Return Shadow Mirrors Funeral Contrast Sigh Curtains Gladness Shutters Sadness Of Life Joy And Grief Wedding Party

Book:Pleasures of Literature

Source: Pleasures of Literature

“Affection is like bread, unnoticed till we starve, and then we dream of it, and sing of it, and paint it, when every urchin in the street has more than he can eat.”

Dream Sadness Streets Sad Paint Affection Bread Unnoticed

Book:The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson

“Now that I am conscious of the world of chronic pain, when I see somebody walking down the street who's having trouble, I feel a sadness for them. I notice.”

World Feels Pain Trouble Sadness Streets Walking Conscious Chronic Pain

Author:Lynne Tillman

“Those who have experienced a great deal of violence or committed a great deal of violence themselves, those who are existing in their own world of sadness and malevolence, essentially those are the ones that are most prone to possession. You don't just walk down the street and suddenly you get possessed. It creeps up on you.”

World Walks Deals Violence Sadness Streets Committed Possession Possessed Creeps Malevolence

Author:Rupert Wyatt

“Market moralities and mentalities-- fueled by economic imperatives to make a profit at nearly any cost-- yield unprecedented levels of loneliness, isolation, and sadness. And our public life lies in shambles, shot through with icy cynicism and paralyzing pessimism. To put it bluntly, beneath the record-breaking stock markets on Wall Street and bipartisan budget-balancing deals in the White House lurk ominous clouds of despair across this nation.”

Source: Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America

“Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.”

Death Desire Certain Lost Sadness Streets Sad Crosses Apathy Sheer Inability Lost Friend

Author:James Thurber

“Sometimes you walk past a pretty girl on the street there's something beyond beauty in her face, something warm and smart and inviting, and in the three seconds you have to look at her, you actually fall in love, and in those moments, you can actually know the taste of her kiss, the feel of her skin against yours, the sound of her laugh, how she'll look at you and make you whole. And then she's gone, and in the five seconds afterwards, you mourn her loss with more sadness than you'll ever admit to.”

“I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.”

Love Happiness Faces Seeing Sadness Streets Walking Drama Sad Dirt Cleanliness Happiness And Sadness

Author:Ric Ocasek

“Your fingertips across my skin, The palm trees swaying in the wind, Images. You sang me Spanish lullabies, The sweetest sadness in your eyes, Clever trick... I cannot go to the ocean, I cannot drive the streets at night, I cannot wake up in the morning without you on my mind, So now you're gone and I'm haunted, And I bet you are just fine. Did I make it that easy to walk right in and out of my life?..”

Mind Eye Night Easy Walks Morning Gone Tree Sadness Streets Wind Fine Ocean Skins Wake Up Clever Tricks Palms Without You Sweetest Fingertips Lullaby Palm Trees Swaying Streets At Night

Author:A Fine Frenzy

“On a street of right and wrong in every inch of sadness, rocks and tanks go hand in hand with madness.”

Hands Sadness Streets Rocks Madness Inches Tanks Hand In Hand

Author:Elton John

“You can hide beneath the covers and study your pain, make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain. Waste your summer praying in vain, for a savior to rise from these streets.”

Pain Study Sadness Streets Praying Lovers Waste Summer Rain Crosses Rose Vain Savior These Streets

Author:Bruce Springsteen