Sorrow

Famous quotes containing the word sorrow:

“Singing I was at peace,
Above the clouds, outside the ring:
For sorrow finds a swift release in song
And pride its poise.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

“The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal—every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open—this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.”
—Washington Irving (1783–1859)

“That mortal man who hath more of joy than sorrow in him, that mortal man cannot be true—not true, or undeveloped.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)