“It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.”
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
To a Young Writer
“She is sadder and sadder, and for a man there is no balm more soothing than the sadness he has caused a woman.”
— Milan Kundera, book Slowness
Source: Slowness
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