Anger is just a cowardly extension of sadness. It's a lot easier to be angry at someone than it is to tell them you're hurt. From LearnThat.org. [Alanis Morisette, Canadian singer-songwriter.]
She tired of his perpetual sadness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Yet Joe's "sadness" is reserved only for John McCain. From Wordnik.com. [Joe's 'Sadness' - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com] Reference
I have nothing to say; the sadness is beyond words. From Wordnik.com. [Woe Is Me - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
A certain sadness can be heard in many of these poems. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1906 - Presentation Speech] Reference
“It's like I need sorrow, like sadness is an addiction.”. From Wordnik.com. [Migratory Mistakes] Reference
A life full of joy and even some sadness is a very good thing. From Wordnik.com. [2 and 7, Part I: 1952-1982] Reference
Their sadness, my sadness, is echoed in the approaching tumult. From Wordnik.com. [August 2007] Reference
My father sits in sadness as we prepare to bury our loved ones. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » If you show up to the “Freedom Walk”] Reference
Her voice died away in sadness, and in the silence she could hear. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
She arranged her face in an expression of sadness, then of happiness. From Wordnik.com. [Circles of Stone] Reference
For Milly, Lucrezia was handsome in sadness ... unaccompanied by a joy. From Wordnik.com. [Bronzino's Medici portraits – review] Reference
My sadness is that it continues and will do so until it consumes us all. From Wordnik.com. [Cost-benefit analysis (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
"It seems to me most unfair," Saxon reflected, more in sadness than anger. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
My only sadness is that Eyman is too well known for being a trouble maker. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Conservatives and Initiatives] Reference
And then his fallen face, washed over in sadness, when I had to reject him. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Becca’s Review Forum] Reference
Keetha, the sadness is in the middle and the then the book moves quickly on. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Racing in the Rain (copy)] Reference
So the fact that they both have this underlying sadness is part of the attraction. From Wordnik.com. [March 2007] Reference
Though he's often angry, Nasser Ali Khan's overwhelming sadness is obvious as well. From Wordnik.com. [Robot Review: Chicken with Plums | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
Tragedy or loss or some other keenly felt sadness is usually at the heart of humor. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing The Funny Side « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
No, the sadness is that one of the most unique and vibrant filmmakers of TODAY has passed. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Robert Altman, 1925 - 2006.] Reference
This sweet sadness is captured in 12th night a play intended for the end of a festive period. From Wordnik.com. [Like A Thunderbolt he Falls] Reference
There's a lot of worry out there, and there's I think a lot of I'm not sure if the word sadness?. From Wordnik.com. [A Foreign Correspondent Reflects On Iraq War] Reference
Cloture would fail and then Lott would “more in sadness than in anger” withdraw the measure. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Filibuster Chart] Reference
I hope that the regret fades to wistfulness soon, and the sadness is shared by your family together. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Aunt Teresa « Dyepot, Teapot] Reference
My only sadness is that Bob's failing health may mean that he is less able to enjoy this award than he once was. From Wordnik.com. [British IVF pioneer Robert Edwards wins Nobel prize for medicine] Reference
Kelly returns later for a weird number that finds him sitting in sadness on a bench while Midler croons “Hello In There.”. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
Tibetans around me were shaking their heads in sadness, because they were fearful for him, and others were openly agreeing with him. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Saunders: Pictures From Tibet That Tell a Story of Courage] Reference
Yet, I return to the notion of sadness-particularly among men. From Wordnik.com. [The Windy Citizen Full Feed] Reference
As she does to all who leave the house, she frowns in sadness. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Down-to-Earth Traveling Salesman] Reference
We walk the streets together, but still our sadness is our own. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2001] Reference
We walk the streets together, but still, our sadness is our own. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2001] Reference
There is an unclean Spirit of sadness, which is a special enemy of. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons. Volume Third.] Reference
Jacob turns to leave and Bella slumped against the kitchen counter in sadness. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight Lexicon » Chapter Eighteen – The Funeral] Reference
But tangled up in the sadness was the conviction that Ella needed to be remembered. From Wordnik.com. [A Vast and Sudden Sadness] Reference
Inside our sadness is the moisture of grief, the salve of our self inflicted wounds. From Wordnik.com. ['Being Right'. The Runaway Train.] Reference
"The sadness is the same whether it's a 19-year-old or a 39-year-old dying," he said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It was all of her hand I had ever seen; the brief message seemed to speak a sadness in her. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Dale] Reference
Such a sadness was the natural effect of declining years and failing powers, which make men ask. From Wordnik.com. [Laws] Reference
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