Protecting Yourself
“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
Image: Nathan Dumlao
Tag: life
Tears
“Tears are words the mouth can’t say nor can the heart bear.”
– Joshua Wisenbaker
Image: Tears for the loss of a beloved family member. – Kat J
Broken Heart
“I don’t want to break someone’s heart, but you can’t control that. A broken heart happens; that’s inevitable.”
– Lykke Li
Image: Priscilla Du Preez
Broken and Whole
“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.”
– C. Joybell 
Personality
“The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.”
– Alain de Botton
It’s There
“Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.”
– Taraji P. Henson
The Price We Pay
“So it’s true when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”
– E.A. Bucchianeri
Image: Gabriel
Sadder It Becomes
“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
– Nikolai Gogol
Strange Riddle
“The way sadness works is one of the strange riddles of the world. If you are stricken with great sadness, you may feel as if you have been set aflame, not only because of the enormous pain but also because your sadness may spread over your life, like smoke from an enormous fire.”
– Lemony Snicket