Don't worry, Evie; my heart isn't broken, only bruised.

~ Gillian Shields

Gillian Shields Heartbreak Sadness Lonelyness

And the candle by the light of which she had been reading that book filled with anxieties, deceptions, grief and evil, flared up brighter than ever, lit up for her all that had once been darkness, sputtered, grew dim and went out for ever.

~ Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy Optimism Sadness Lonelyness

Our plans for the future made us laugh and feel close, but those same plans somehow made anything more than temporary between us seem impossible. It was the first time I’d ever had the feeling of missing someone I was still with.

~ Stuart Dybek

Stuart Dybek Missing Someone Nostalgia Sadness Lonelyness