Erin Morgenstern Quotes

There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery

If drinking don't kill me, her memory will.

In 1957's 'There's No You,' Sinatra is suspended at the intersection of a loss he can't face and a memory he can't relinquish.

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.

It was the saddest day of my life.

It sucks when you lose.

Certain things will always hurt: rejection, or loss.

I remember this song by Clay Walker that came out in the '90s called 'This Woman and This Man,' and it was about breaking up, loss, the pain of moving on, and my parents were just getting divorced at the time, so I listened to it over and over again.

It's very hard to be happy when you've lost.

All the best songs have an element of sadness.

I have a beautiful address book a friend gave me in 1966. I literally cannot open it again. Ever. It sits on the shelf with over a hundred names crossed out. What is there to say? There are no words. I'll never understand why it happened to us.

I spent the rest of the day doing little more than that. I skipped dinner. I shed a few tears. But mostly, I just sat on my bed thinking and growing more and more depressed. I also discovered the only thing worse than imagining Dimitri and Tasha together was remembering when he and I had been together. He would never touch me again like that, never kiss me again.

She wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all - she has never disagreed with something so much.

He broke my heart, and now it's raining, just to rub it in.

When your hero falls from grace, all fairy tales are uncovered Myth exposed and pain magnified, the grace pays uncovered He told me to be strong, but I confused to see it so weak You say never to give up, and it hurts to see what comes to be When your hero falls soley the stars, and so does the reception of tomorrow Without my hero, theres only me alone, to deal with my sorrow Your heart ceases to work, and your soul is not happy at all What are you expected to do, when your only hero falls

No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.

I do not think I responded immediately, for it took me a moment or two to fully digest these words of Miss Kenton. Moreover, as you might appreciate, their implications were such as to provoke a certain degree of sorrow within me. Indeed- why should I not admit it? - at that moment, my heart was breaking.

I was terribly wounded by my wife's death.

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.

Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.

I'll always be sad that my marriage ended.

Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and memories of the signs that it's over. It's over.

I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what got wasted.

Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to.