World Languages
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe ShelleySadness flies away on the wings of time. Jean de La FontaineSadness is but a wall between two gardens. Kahlil GibranWe must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim. R.M. DrakeThere are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well. Nicholas SparksExperiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative you can get beyond your pain or negativity. Yoko OnoThere is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, There now, hang on, youll get over it. Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer. Barbara KingsolverThere is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy. Dante AlighieriDepression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but its a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different. J.K. RowlingSometimes we get sad about things and we dont like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really dont know why we are sad, so we say we arent sad but we really are. Mark Haddon