Quotes by Sadness From that moment our love became sad, and sadness is a disease which gives the death-blow to affection. Giacomo Casanova sadnessblowgiving Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it. Germaine Greer sadnesscreativespring It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though occurring not a shock. Gertrude Stein sadnessliteraturefriendly Not to believe in love is a great sign of dullness. There are some people so indirect and lumbering that they think all real affection rests on circumstantial evidence. George Santayana sadnessrealbelieve Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. George Eliot deep-sadnesssadnessfamily Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness, and the idea that sadness is very loud, and happiness is quiet. Glen Hansard sadnessartistthinking We must feel the pain before the pleasure, only then can we tell them apart. Gloria Estefan pleasuresadnesspain I don't choose stay in the state of sadness, any more than I would choose to stay in a room with the smoke alarm going off. Gloria Jones alarmswomensadness I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness. Gloria Estefan knowing-nothingchildhoodsadness Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above. Gordon Lightfoot rainy-daysadnesspeople Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem. Gordon Lightfoot sadnessdreammean Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain. Gordon Lightfoot sadnesspainfeel-better You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness, Gotye sadnesskindends I AM happy”. They understood what we english people have long forgot. We're not our sadness. We're not our happiness or our pain but our language hypnotizes us and traps us in little labelled boxes () Grant Morrison sadnesspainlong Christianity satisfies suddenly and perfectly man's ancestral instinct for being the right way up; satisfies it supremely in this, that by its creed Joy becomes something gigantic, and Sadness something special and small. Gilbert K. Chesterton sadnesschristianmen It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that have to announce that I ate kale and liked it. Greg Behrendt kalesadnessheart To live without experiencing some shame and blushes of admiration would surely be a wretched life. Gregor Mendel admirationmiserysadness I really love that dynamic between beauty and sadness...theres always these moments of quiet alienation, the sense of disconnect, but also, these moments of possibility. Gregory Crewdson sadnessbeautylove If you could be happy, really happy, for just a while, but you knew from the start that it would end in sadness, and bring pain afterwards, would you choose to have that happiness or would you avoid it? Gregory David Roberts sadnesspainends If my pictures are about anything at all, I think it's about trying to make a connection in the world. I see them as more optimistic in a certain way. Even though it's very clear there's a level of sadness and disconnection, I think that they're really about trying to make a connection and almost the impossibility of doing so. Gregory Crewdson optimisticsadnessthinking«1920212223242526272829»
