5 Quotes on Sorrow from Books

Hello and Welcome. This page is a collection of 5 quotes about Sorrow that I underlined from various books. I hope you will like these quotes too.

By the way, I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader, quotes collector and blogger.

Sorrow Quotes from The Palace of Illusions book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

  • Time is the great eraser, both of sorrow and of joy.
  • A situation in itself, is neither happy nor unhappy. It's only your response to it that causes your sorrow.
  • This is the nature of sorrow: often it fades with time, but once in a while it remains lodged below the surface of things, a stubborn thorn beneath a fingernail, making itself felt every time you brush against it.

Other Sorrow Quotes

  • All the sorrows of the world arise from parting, whether in life or by death. - Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
  • Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plenitude. - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde