Sadness Quotes

Press your ear to my chest and listen where a heartbeat should sing you will hear the melancholy songs of tired whales.

Let me show you how words can make merriment from the most bitter melancholy. How words softly spoken, can heal even the most insidious of wounds.

We’re not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got ’em, so they can keep ’em.

We’ve got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but, at the same time, we can bring in a touch of humor now and again. If the time ever comes when we can’t smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.

Looks of desire meant to be alluring, but look sad and searching.

All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy

The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy … it’s sort of a mixed up thing. You just have to feel it.

Sunshine comes after rain. Rain comes after sunshine. Joy and sadness remain in an eternal back and forth. Such balance hold the world in place.

Prepare yourself to feel both happiness & sadness.

Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.