Quotes tagged ‘Sadness’

“There has never been a sadness that can’t been cured by breakfast food.”

— Michael Schur, Aisha Muharrar, Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman, imdb.com

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains…”

— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com

“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.”

— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com

“Your eyes must do some raining if you're ever gonna grow.”

— Bright Eyes, play.spotify.com

“Is anyone anywhere happy?”

— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com

“Maybe all the strings inside him broke.”

— John Green, amazon.com

“Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.”

— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com

“When you're unhinged, things make their way out of you that should be kept inside, and other things get in that ought to be shut out. The locks lose their powers. The guards go to sleep. The passwords fail.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

“A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

“If you are sad, ask yourself why you are sad. Then pick up the phone and call someone and tell him the answer to the question. If you don't know anyone, call the operator and tell him. Most people don't know that the operator has to listen, it is a law. Also, the postman is not allowed to go inside…”

— Miranda July, amazon.com

“You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.”

— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com

“Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and phobias.”

— Charlie Kaufman, Mary Svevo, Kirsten Dunst, imdb.com

“People leave, people die, that's the only sure thing in the world”

— Mike, amazon.com

“After I almost drowned, I decided I would never again be weaker than water, so I became a lifeguard. On my first day of training, my instructor told me that there are going to be times when you'll see someone in trouble. You're going to want to rush in there and do whatever you can to save them, but…”

— Ana Spanakopita, netflix.com

“Settle. Because otherwise you’re just gonna get older and harder, and more alone. And you’re gonna do everything you can to fill that hole, with friends, and your career, and meaningless sex, but the hole doesn’t get filled. One day, you’re gonna look around and you’re going to realize that everybod…”

— BoJack Horseman, netflix.com

“It's so cruel to let people love you. All you're doing is promising you'll one day break their hearts.”

— Captain Peanutbutter, netflix.com

“When you do bad things, you have something you can point to when people eventually leave you. It’s not you, you tell yourself. It’s that bad thing you did.”

— The Closer, netflix.com

“I don’t know what to tell you. I’m happy for the first time in my life and I’m not gonna feel bad about it. It takes a long time to realize how truly miserable you are and even longer to see it doesn’t have to be that way. Only after you give up everything can you begin to find a way to be happy.”

— Fuzzy Whiskers, netflix.com

“It’s not about being happy, that is the thing. I’m just trying to get through each day. I can’t keep asking myself ‘Am I happy?' It just makes me more miserable. I don’t know If I believe in it, real lasting happiness, All those perky, well-adjusted people you see in movies and TV shows ? I don’t th…”

— Diane, netflix.com

“I can’t say no to people because I want everyone to like me.”

— BoJack Horseman, netflix.com