141 Sorrow Quotes for You to Enjoy

I thought of my father and felt a deep sorrow that he should no longer be alive, and that I could not go to him and tell him that I had been awarded the Nobel Prize. I knew that no one would have been happier than he to hear this. Selma Lagerlof

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With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. Simone Weil

Great Human Being Matter Too On The Contrary Destroyed Find Seems Misfortune He Taken Individually Sorrow Him Because Always Contrary Precious Human Being Anything Either Reasons Mediocre Suit

With the exception of undertakers, athletes are the only professionals obliged to feign sorrow on a daily basis, pretending that every June baseball loss is a tragedy requiring library silence in the clubhouse. Steve Rushin

My favorite records are, like, The Pretty Things' 'Parachute' and 'S.F. Sorrow' and The Mothers of Invention's 'We're Only in It for the Money' and The Kinks' 'Village Green Preservation Society' - these records that have a story - even if it's not a literal story - because of how they're sequenced and flow. It's like a novel with sound. Ty Segall

Money Invention Society Favorite Parachute Pretty Kinks Pretty Things Only Records Like Sorrow Because How Mothers Sound Green Literal Story Even Novel Village Things Flow Preservation

The mere existence of 'Buffy' proves the declinists wrong about one thing: Hollywood commercialism can produce great art. Complex and evolving characters. Playful language. Joy and sorrow, pathos and elation. Episodes that dare to be different - to tell stories in silence or in song. Big themes and terrible choices. Virginia Postrel

Art Great Silence Song Joy Language Big Great Art Complex Dare Tell Characters Evolving One Thing Be Different About Wrong Mere Sorrow Buffy Terrible Proves Existence Commercialism Pathos Different Stories Elation Hollywood Themes Produce Choices Episodes Thing Playful

Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know. William Davenant

Knowledge Since Know Safe Sorrow Spy

Without imagination, there can be no genuine ardor in any pursuit or for any acquisition, and without imagination, there can be no genuine morality, no profound feeling of other men's sorrow, no ardent and persevering anxiety for their interests. William Godwin

Anxiety Men Feeling Imagination Other Morality Ardent Ardor Pursuit Sorrow Without Genuine Persevering Any Acquisition Interests Profound

Even an ice cream parlor - a definite advantage - does not alleviate the sorrow I feel for a town lacking a bookstore. Natalie Goldberg

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