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Sorrow makes an ugly face odious. By Samuel Richardson Sorrow Odious Makes Ugly Face

Guilt is the very nerve of sorrow. By Horace Bushnell Guilt Sorrow Nerve

Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease. By Philip James Bailey Sorrow Ground Ease Stone Crushes

No care and no sorrow, By Jacob Grimm Sorrow Care

THERE'S OLD SORROW in your blood like second nature and new sorrow that maddens the halls of sense. Causes By Sebastian Barry Sorrow Sense Blood Nature Maddens

Sorrow has a voice. It is the cold scream of silence turned inward. By Terry Tempest Williams Sorrow Voice Cold Scream Silence

The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown. By William Cowper Leads Unknown Path Sorrow Land

Sorrow can be a bully. By Amy Waldman Sorrow Bully

Sorrow is properly that state of the mind in which our desires are fixed upon the past without looking forward to the future. By Samuel Johnson Sorrow Future Properly State Mind

There is a sweet joy that comes to us through sorrow. By Charles Spurgeon Sorrow Sweet Joy

Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow. By Laozi Abandon Sorrow Learning

Sorrow for not understanding like I understand now the unpredictable, profound journey that marriage is. By Ruby Dee Sorrow Unpredictable Profound Understanding Understand

Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living. By Antoine De Saint-Exupery Sorrow Living Vibrations Prove Fact

Everything is sorrow for the wise. By Patanjali Wise Sorrow

The sadness sorrow is to desire death while you have life. By Lailah Gifty Akita Life Sadness Sorrow Desire Death

Sorrow is longwhen love has vanished underground. By Euripides Sorrow Underground Longwhen Love Vanished

Disgust at the torments that shackle us, the chains of heavy life. By Elena Ferrante Disgust Life Torments Shackle Chains

Grief is a peculiar emotion. By Sebastian Faulks Grief Emotion Peculiar

... sorrow was always the bedfellow of depravity. By Peter Ackroyd Sorrow Depravity Bedfellow

What is more miserable than discontent? By William Shakespeare Discontent Miserable

Sorrows must die with the joys they outnumber. By Friedrich Schiller Sorrows Outnumber Die Joys

Regret; The saddest word in the English language. By Tonya Hurley Regret English Language Saddest Word

Sorrow is not a raven perched persistently above a chamber door. Sorrow is a thing with teeth, and while in time it retreats, it comes back at the whisper of it's name. By Dean Koontz Sorrow Door Raven Perched Persistently

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us. By Steven Tyler Sorrow Life Measure Awakens

Sorrow makes us very good or very bad. By George Sand Sorrow Bad Makes Good

There is no sorrow except in captivity. By Osho Captivity Sorrow

Great sorrows cannot speak. By John Donne Great Speak Sorrows

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. By William Cowper Remorse Laid Fatal Egg Pleasure

Sorrow has a name, and its name is loneliness. Sorrow has a shape, and its shape is absence. Sorrow is a sickness like any other. By Gregory Maguire Sorrow Loneliness Shape Absence Sickness

It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it? By L.m. Montgomery Heroically Read Sorrows Imagine Living

Sorrow only increased with knowledge. By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Sorrow Knowledge Increased

There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow. By Alfred De Musset Sorrow Worse Remembering Happiness Day

The more heart, the more sorrow. By Suzanne Curchod Heart Sorrow

Death is not the worst sorrow. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Death Sorrow Worst

My wails of sorroware tormenting my soul By Jalaluddin Rumi Soul Wails Sorroware Tormenting

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless By Friedrich Schiller Sorrow Endless Joy

People talk of sorrow as if it is soft, a thing of water and tears. But true sorrow is not soft. True sorrow is a thing of fire, and rock. It burns your heart, crushes your soul under the weight of mountains. It destroys, and even if you keep breathing, keep going, you die. By Laurell K. Hamilton Sorrow Soft People Tears Thing

Grief was for the others; sorrow and pain were for the others; some terrible mistake had been made. By John Cheever Grief Sorrow Made Pain Terrible

Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of stagnant life, and is remedied by exercise and motion. By Samuel Johnson Sorrow Soul Kind Rust Idea

I must fill myself with sorrow if I am to give you what you want. By Jane Yolen Fill Sorrow Give

Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love. By Moses Ibn Ezra Sorrow Heart Blame Love Shatters

Grief brims itself and flows away in tears. By Ovid Grief Tears Brims Flows

Every bond is a bond to sorrow. By James Joyce Sorrow Bond

I shall be richer all my life for this sorrow By Wallace Stegner Sorrow Richer Life

There is no doubt that sorrow brings one down in the world. The aristocratic privilege of silence belongs, you soon find out, to only the happy state- or, at least, to the state when pain keeps within bounds. By Elizabeth Bowen World Doubt Sorrow Brings State

The very word "sorrow" colours the fact of sorrow, the pain of it. By Jiddu Krishnamurti Sorrow Word Colours Fact Pain

Suffering degrades, embitters and enrages. By Aung San Suu Kyi Suffering Degrades Embitters Enrages

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. By Sophocles Adversities Keenest Sorrow Recognize Sole

Nature is a catchment of sorrows. By Maxine Kumin Nature Sorrows Catchment

Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past. By Ivy Compton-Burnett Sorrow Past People Misjudge Permanent

Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things. By Ernest Renan Things Remember Sorrow Creator Great

Sorrow is sweetness that has been transformed By Jim Nail Sorrow Transformed Sweetness

Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean] ... By Jonathan Safran Foer Sadness Express Knowing Words

No emotion falls into dislike so readily as sorrow. By Seneca The Younger Sorrow Emotion Falls Dislike Readily

Sorrow burns up a great amount of shallowness. By Oswald Chambers Sorrow Shallowness Burns Great Amount

Sorrow like a ceaseless rain Beats upon my heart. People twist and scream in pain Dawn will find them still again; This has neither wax nor wane, Neither stop nor start. By Edna St. Vincent Millay Beats Sorrow Heart Ceaseless Rain

But for sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed their existence; it requires what it cannot hope, that the laws of the universe should be repealed; that the dead should return or the past should be recalled. By Samuel Johnson Nature Irreparable Existence Hope Repealed

True sorrow like true happiness comes from love. By R.k. Ryals Love True Sorrow Happiness

Aching and knowing that there was nothing worse in the whole, wide world than the death of hope. By Kristen Ashley Aching Wide Hope Knowing Worse

A Strange melancholy pervades me to which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sorrow. The idea of sorrow has always appealed to me but now I am almost ashamed of its complete egoism. I have known boredom, regret, and occasionally remorse, but never sorrow. Today it envelops me like a silken web, enervating and soft, and sets me apart from everybody else. By Francoise Sagan Strange Sorrow Melancholy Pervades Hesitate

where self begins sorrow begins; By Charles Haddon Spurgeon Begins Sorrow

Hope. Hope that something beautiful may come from this tragic story.Fear. Fear that it won't.Forgiveness ... forgiveness. By K.a. Tucker Hope Forgiveness Storyfear Fear Beautiful

Sorrow is easier than guilt. By Anne Sexton Sorrow Guilt Easier

Sorrow isn't the absence of passion. Sorrow is the darkest, most intense form of passion hidden in the recesses of the soul. By Andrea Randall Sorrow Passion Absence Darkest Soul

Physical suffering apart, not a single sorrow exists that can touch us except through our thoughts. By Maurice Maeterlinck Physical Thoughts Suffering Single Sorrow

For sorrow ends not, when it seemeth done. By William Shakespeare Sorrow Ends Seemeth

When you die of sorrow it's as if you've broken all the bones in your body, bruised yourself all over, cracked your skull. That's sorrow. By Roberto Bolano Body Bruised Cracked Skull Sorrow

sorrow not only twists the heart, but also dims the eyes. Only the very wise can see good in the earth when they are grieving. By Sue Harrison Sorrow Heart Eyes Twists Dims

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. By Jean Paul Sorrows Thunderclouds Black Gray Distance

The only thing pain can wring from a soul that has abandoned resistance and from a mind that has lost its hate is sorrow By Yi Mun-Yol Sorrow Thing Pain Wring Soul

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. By Victor Hugo Sorrow Fruit God Make Grow

Regret, hurt, bereavement, loss, to permit the flow of even one tear at the upwelling of such feelings was to imperil ancient root systems and retaining walls. Mudslide and black avalanche would result and drown him. By Michael Chabon Regret Hurt Bereavement Loss Walls

My suffering left me sad and gloomy. By Yann Martel Gloomy Suffering Left Sad

There is nothing that stirs in the whole world of thought to which sorrow does not vibrate in terrible and exquisite pulsation. By Oscar Wilde Pulsation Stirs World Thought Sorrow

Sorrow has a great refining influence on our sacred souls. By Lailah Gifty Akita Sorrow Souls Great Refining Influence

Without sorrow, would we know what happiness is? By Robert H Ma Sorrow Happiness

Despair doth strike as deep a furrow in the brain as mischief or remorse. By Bryan Procter Despair Remorse Doth Strike Deep

Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted. By Paulo Coelho Sorrows Wanted Forever Journeying Thing

One moment, one short moment - and forever sorrow. By Euripides Moment Sorrow Short Forever

Sorrow also fulfills Desire. Example: the Soaps. By Mason Cooley Desire Sorrow Soaps Fulfills

From sorrow to sorrow love crosses its islandsand establishes roots that are watered by weeping. By Pablo Neruda Weeping Sorrow Love Crosses Islandsand

Grief should be the instructor of the wise; Sorrow is Knowledge. By Lord Byron Sorrow Knowledge Grief Wise Instructor

To revive sorrow is cruel. By Sophocles Cruel Revive Sorrow

Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down. By Bede Jarrett Sorrow Hold Desolating Speaks Speak

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin. By John Webster Sorrow Sin Held Eldest Child

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly By Christian Nestell Bovee Tearless Inwardly Grief Bleeds

Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written. By P.l. Travers Sorrow Written Lies Heartbeat

I suppose I'm interested in sorrow, which is very different from depression or despair. Sorrow is continuous with the world; it allows for creativity. By Aleksandar Hemon Despair Sorrow Suppose Interested Depression

Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit. By Philemon Grief Tree Fruit Tears

In the journal of my misery, each sorrow competes for the first place in length and strength. By Ivo Andric Misery Strength Journal Sorrow Competes

Great sorrow makes sacred the sufferer. By Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1St Earl Of Lytton Great Sufferer Sorrow Makes Sacred

Sorrow is my own yard where the new grass flames as it has flamed often before but not with the cold fire that closes round me this year. By William Carlos Williams Sorrow Year Yard Grass Flames

GriefYou plunge one in many emotionsBetrayal, Despair, Depression, Fear, AngerGriefYou are more difficult to face than DeathGriefPlease let my faith stay stronger than youGriefI so wish you eventually lose out to love(Page 58) By Neena Verma Despair Depression Fear Page Griefyou

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. By Coco Chanel Guilt Death Painful Companion

Sadness was a very heavy thing. By Arthur Golden Sadness Thing Heavy

To long for everything: sorrow; to accept everything: joy. By Katherine Mansfield Sorrow Joy Long Accept

Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire. By Ovid Concealed Heart Fire Sorrow Bursts

Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss. By Richelle E. Goodrich Misery River Tears Whispers Constant

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them. But if we cannot find a way of telling our story, our story tells us- we dream these stories, we develop symptoms, or we find ourselves acting in ways we don't understand. By Stephen Grosz Story Sorrows Borne Put Find

Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place. By Rumi Heart Place Joy Prepares Sorrow