1. "The heart was made to be broken."

Oscar Wilde

 

2. "Sometimes we get sad about things and we don’t 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 don’t know why we are sad, so we say we aren’t sad but we really are."

Mark Haddon

 

3. "Sadness flies away on the wings of time."

Jean de La Fontaine

 

4. "Out of the ash I rise with my red hair and I eat men like air." 

Sylvia Plath

 

5. "The word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness." 

Carl Jung

 

6. "There 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 Sparks

 

7. "It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace." 

Chuck Palahniuk

 

8. "Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart."

José N. Harris

 

9. "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." 

Isak Dinesen

 

10. "You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness." 

Jonathan Safran Foer

 

11. "When you're happy, you enjoy the music. When you're sad, you understand the lyrics." 

Frank Ocean

 

12. "One thing you can't hide — is when you're crippled inside."

John Lennon

 

13. "To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity."

Dejan Stojanovic

 

14. "So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love." 

E.A. Bucchianeri

 

15. "Sometimes, our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being."

Albert Schweitzer

 

16. "Sadness is but a wall between two gardens."

Khalil Gibran

 

17. "The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice."

Gloria Estefan

 

18. "Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry." 

Gabriel García Márquez

 

19. "Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That's its balance."

Osho

 

20. "We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim." 

R.M. Drake