Greatest Tragedy
“One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.”
― K.L. Toth
Image: Annie Spratt
Month: June 2019
Different Ways of Getting to People
“The sadness of the world has different ways of getting to people, but it seems to succeed almost every time.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
Image: Amy Elting
Deal with it Alone
“Sometimes you weren’t supposed to share the pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Sugar Queen
Image: Todd Diemer
You Really Didn’t See the Sadness
“You really didn’t see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn’t it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves
Image: Pedro Gabriel Miziara
There’s Nothing Beautiful
“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there’s nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes
Image: Mag Pole
Limit to the Grieving
“And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.”
― Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger
Image: Anthony Tran
Part of Your History
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”
― Steve Maraboli
Image: Andrew Neel
Not Being Empty
“It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
Image: Nowhere – Daniel Jensen
Memories
“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
― Haruki Murakami
Image: Ben Warren
You Never Got Used to It
“That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
Image: Yury Orlov