I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness- a real...

… me paso tanto tiempo esforzándome para no decepcionar a la gente… Y qué pasa con lo que yo quiero, ,eh?

tiny: but there is the word, this word phil wrayson taught me once: weltschmerz. it’s the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think...

Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock ‘n’ roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautiful, like dreams. I liked movie theaters,...

[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light.

There was once a tiger-striped cat. This cat died a million deaths, and lived a million lives, and in those lives, various people owned him. None of those people he cared for. This cat was...

I wish… I wish he wasn’t quite so ashamed of me. And if he could stop feeling so ashamed of himself, then maybe we might stand a chance.

Practically all the sadness we experience in life comes from our feeling sorry for ourselves.

There are some moments in life we all have to face, even though we don’t want to.

Because we know he was simply a man, with weakness and frailties. Who yearned for the same things all of us do–to love and be loved

He felt the guilt of inaction, of simply waiting while his life went to waste. No one was worth the gift of his life, no one could possibly be worth that. It belonged to him...

My heart is heavy, she thought. It’s not just a saying. It is what is—heavy, a great stone lodged in my breast, pressing down my whole being. How can I even stand straight and look...

In all my wanderings through this world of care,In all my griefs — and God has given my share –I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown,Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down;To...

And why had Deb’s last boyfriend dumped her? I dumped him. Maybe you didn’t French-kiss him enough. I promise you that wasn’t it. Tell me how many times a day you kissed, and I’ll say...

Scarce was the verdict spoken,When that still calm was broken,A childish form hath burst into the throng;With tears and looks of sadness,That bring no news of gladness,But tell too surely something hath gone wrong!

Tužna projekcija života za pjesnika je primamljivija od samog života.

He smiles sadly. “Now I know my destiny.””What is it?””This.”He draws me in to him in a kiss. His lips are warm. He pulls me tighter in his embrace. The roots sigh and release their...

Sympathy from strangers can be ruinous.

my life is just waiting for you to get started.

If you desire healing,let yourself fall illlet yourself fall ill.

You don’t know what it’s like, when your best friend disappears.

When you feel sadness inside, wipe it away by cries and tears!

How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of...

How can I escape a cage build by man?

It is with great sadness that we announce we were unable to hold on to some of our dedicated city workers, … We have searched high and low … and we are just not able...

A LamentO world! O life! O time!On whose last steps I climb,Trembling at that where I had stood before;When will return the glory of your prime?No more — Oh, never more!Out of the day and...

holding the eveningtremblingly close to mei weepinto the sun lettingthe burdenof hopelift off my chesti realizethis is what it meansto be free.

I gave her love she gave me words to write

You’re real though, at least that’s something,” Alecto pointed out, holding his hand out in front of her. Smiling miserably, Mandy took his hand in her own and sat there beside him quietly.

PainWaves are the sea’s white daughters,And raindrops the children of rain,But why for my shimmering bodyHave I a mother like Pain?Night is the mother of stars,And wind the mother of foam—The world is brimming with...

She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they were still dark-rimmed., haunted, and sad. Most of all though, they were familiar....

No matter what you are dealing with in life, be it resentment or regret, bitterness or sadness, anger or apathy, hatred or hesitation, depression or disempowerment, disappointment or other destructive anxieties, painful envy or emotional...

My unhappiness precluded all else; unhappiness is a kind of narcissism, in which nothing that does not resonate with your unhappiness can interest you.

I was not looking for HIM, he was just always there, the little BOY! I have not seen HIM, because I did not want to see, but HE was standing next to my bed every...

Sometime it’s really hardest things to keep yourself alone.

In this world there is no place for sadness. No place; not one.

I have this very silly fear, dear friend, that one day I’ll be old without ever having been young.

Politics was his passion, but he wasn’t suited for the rough-and-tumble of the game. He felt things too deeply. There was no wall between his head and his heart.

any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Perhaps it goes without saying that I believe in the geographic cure. Of course you can’t out-travel sadness. You will find it has smuggled itself along in your suitcase. It coats the camera lens, it...

When I’d confronted him, he’d left me and, like a parasite finding a fresh host, moved in with her.

Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time.

It kind of felt like she was kicking me in the gut, and every kick said I don’t want you.I don’t need you.I don’t love you.

At the top of the page I wrote my full name […] At the sight of it, many thoughts rushed through me, but I could write down only this: “I wish I could love someone...

There’s a little sadness to it, too because some of the guys that were lost over the years, that aren’t here with us.

When my grandpa died, I had this same fear. I love Grandpa so much. He was Mom’s dad, and he was my favorite person in the whole world. He lived up north, between Grayling and...

My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn’t go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will...

Fermina Daza había rechazado a Florentino Ariza en un destello de madurez que pagó de inmediato con una crisis de lástima, pero nunca dudó de que su decisión había sido certera.

Why do people have to be this lonely? What’s the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was...

You’re sad but you hold everything back…