"The only one interested in hearing your..." - Quote by Guy Finley
The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!
More by Guy Finley
“Learn to be one with who you are in Reality, and the waves of a thousand passing worlds cannot wash you away.”
“Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view.”
“All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence.”
More on Sadness
“No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?”
“A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell”
“She felt so old, so worn out, so far away from the best moments of her life that she even yearned for those that she remembered as the worst… Her heart of compressed ash, which had resisted the most telling blows of daily reality without strain, fell apart with the first waves of nostalgia. The need to feel sad was becoming a vice as the years eroded her. She became human in her solitude.”
More on Self Pity
“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.”
“I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;And if I die no soul will pity me:And wherefore should they, since that I myselfFind in myself no pity to myself?”
“They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.”