“Leo didn't usually think of the ukulele as a sad instrument. (Pathetic, sure. But not sad.) Yet the tune Apollo strummed was so melancholy it broke Leo's feels.”

“And yet I feel so sad for some reason.”

Vítězslav Nezval book Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

“Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.”

Italo Calvino (1923–1985) Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels

“I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts -Leo Valdez”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

“I still don't think it's pathetic to cry over someone. It just means you care about them deeply and you're sad.”

Jenny Han book P.S. I Still Love You

“Turn them on, turn them on,
Turn on those sad songs.
When all hope is gone,
Why don't you tune in and turn them on?They reach into your room,
Just feel their gentle touch.
When all hope is gone,
Sad songs say so much.”

Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

“How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd…”

Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942) French novelist who died at the age of 39 in Auschwitz

“Melancholy held me hostage, and the bees built a hive of sadness in my soul.”

Laurie Halse Anderson book Chains

“No!" Leo yelled.
"Uhhh," Nico groaned from the floor.
"Piper!" Jason cried.
"Monkey!" Frank yelled.
"Not monkeys," Hazel grumbled. "I think those are dwarfs."
"Stealing my stuff!" Leo yelled, and ran for the stairs.”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer