“I really hate romanticizing and fetishizing sadness. I think the internet does an excellent job of doing it and it really bothers me because of how much time I’ve spent swallowing all of mine. It’s like how wearing glasses is cool now, but when I was growing up everyone was, like, waiting for me to…”— Katie Mather, thoughtcatalog.com
“What made you sad is just as important as with what made you happy.”— Juansen Dizon, wnq-writers.com
“Saying good-bye when you know it's for the last time is like no other sadness you will ever experience.”— Allison DuBois, amazon.com
“I can only say I have waited for you through western nights at bus stops in lanes by canals on airfields and the gallows of tears And then you came through the forlorn cities of Europe I recognized you I set out the table for you with wine with bread with mercy but imperturbably you turned your back…”— Ingrid Jonker, amazon.com
“When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word.”— Ann Brashares, amazon.com
“I smile and laugh and carry on like my heart's still in one piece, but beneath it all, I am dying.”— Melody Carlson, amazon.com
“Sometimes the only reason why you won't let go of someone making you sad is because he was the only one that once made you happy.”— Lily Amis, amazon.com
“A lesson for all of us is that for every loss, there is victory, for every sadness, there is joy, and when you think you’ve lost everything, there is hope.”— Geraldine Solon, amazon.com
“All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?”— Anthony Horowitz, amazon.com
“Put your phone down. Walk away from it all for a while. Feel the distinct mixture of sadness and freedom pumping through your veins, the feeling that only comes with the end of something painful and the beginning of something more.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“Pain. Unspeakable pain. It didn’t matter who in this world or any other was staring at me, watching me, seeking to share this moment or merely shuddering as I experienced it. Just didn’t matter. Because in pain like this one is always alone.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“To all the strong, ambitious girls out there – It’s okay not to feel okay.”— Nadia Myburgh, thoughtcatalog.com
“It feels like you can’t breathe, but you actually are breathing. It feels like you’ll never stop crying, but you actually will.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Like a vase, a heart breaks once. After that, it just yields to its flaws.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com