Ann Patchett Quotes

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

Are you happy in your misery? Resting peaceful in desolation? It’s the final tie that binds us The sole source of my consolation" “blue

'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy!

The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.

Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.

Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue but moody and dull melancholy, kinsman to grim and comfortless despair.

i laced my shoes with sorrow and walked a weary road dead end streets don't come undone with double knots wing tipped shoes that walk on air through vacant lots

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

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?

Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.

Nothing good comes out of depression.

I might look successful and happy being in front of you today, but I once suffered from severe depression and was in total despair.

Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.

Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.

There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

Love and despair go hand in hand.

Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.

We don't live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.

I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?

When it was all over, and I was left alone in my office, I put my face in my hands and wept. I could do nothing less.

Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.

I was a very sad little girl.