Faded with Them
“That sun, that light had faded, and she had faded with them. Now she was as grey as the season itself.”
― Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac
Tag: letting go
It Never Gets Easier
“The weird thing about saying good-bye is that it never gets easier.”
― Alyson Noël, Blue Moon
Held Me Hostage
“Melancholy held me hostage, and the bees built a hive of sadness in my soul.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains
Unrelenting Physical Pain
“She has been surprised by grief, its constancy, its immediacy, its unrelenting physical pain.”
― Michelle Latiolais, Widow: Stories
Enslavement of the Heart
“Enslavement of the heart is worse than the enslavement of the body.”
― Ibn Taymiyya
Never Made You Feel Alone
“I preferred to look at the sea, which said nothing and never made you feel alone.”
― Paula McLain, The Paris Wife
Vicarious Sadness
“There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness.”
― David Rakoff, Half Empty
Just Below the Surface
“She felt happy these days, yet there was always an undercurrent of sadness just below the surface”
― Diane Chamberlain, The Lost Daughter