“When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry.”
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Sad Quotes — page 243 of 475
“In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately, man is in the woods, and waste and pure destruction are making rapid headway. If the importance of the forests were even vaguely understood, even from an economic standpoint, their preservation would call forth the most watchful attention of government”
“How beautiful, if sorrow had not made Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.”
“...yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From out dark spirits.”
“There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.”
“But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy?”
“Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.”
“Caring doesn't sometimes lead to misery. It always does.”
“I don't think you can ever fill the empty space with the thing you lost.”
“And then I screwed up and the Colonel screwed up and Takumi screwed up and she slipped through our fingers.”
“The world is not a wish-granting factory.”
“Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.”
“The joys of the evil flow away like a torrent.”
“On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.”
“This innocence begins to weigh me down.”
“Justice in the extreme is often unjust.”
“The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.”
“The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.”
“Honor, without money, is a mere malady.”
“Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.”