Sorrow

Famous quotes containing the word sorrow:

    “Oh youth, youth! You don’t worry about anything; you seem to possess all the treasures of the universe—even sorrow gives you pleasure, even grief suits you.... And perhaps the whole secret of your charm lies not in your ability to do everything, but in your ability to think that you will do everything.”
    —Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)

    “A feeling of sadness and longing
    That is not akin to pain,
    And resembles sorrow only
    As the mist resembles the rain.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

    “Who shall remember my house, where shall live my children’s
    children
    When the time of sorrow is come?”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)