“The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, "No, I'm happy for you?"”

“When your sad--like really sad--you only want to be with other people who are sad.”

“She was experiencing the same odd happiness and odd sadness as then. The sadness meant: We are at the last station. The happiness meant: We are together. The sadness was form, the happiness content. Happiness filled the space of sadness.”

“Not sad because you lost me
But sad because you thought it was cool to be sad”

“Being a writer means crying over the sad parts, even though you already know it’s going to be okay.”

“Isn't that sad! I'm so fragile. It's tragic [laughs]. Can you believe it? That's so sad.”

“She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.”

“Smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.”

“You know why it's hard to be happy? It's because we refuse to let go of the things that make us sad.”

“If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.”