#sad

Brave and loyal followers! Long ago we resolved to serve neither the Romans nor anyone other than God Himself, who alone is the true and just Lord of mankind. The time has now come that bids us prove our determination by our deeds we have never submitted to slavery, even when it brought no danger with it. We must not choose slavery now, and with it penalties that will mean the end of everything if we fall alive into the hands of the Romans God has given us this privilege, that we can die nobly and as free men and leave this world as free men in company with our wives and children. (Elazar Ben Yair) ↗

— Flavius Josephus

#freedom #jewish-wars #masada #romans #freedom

Their love for me was both a myth and a torture and so I wrecked everything. I hurt them, and I left them hurting. ↗

— Robert Goolrick

#hurt #love #sad #friendship

This is what I want so don't be sad. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#love #regret #sad #suicide #suicide-note

Now Doon seemed to care for his new friends more than he did for her. Every time she thought about him she felt a thud of pain, like a bruised place inside her. ↗

— Jeanne DuPrau

#city-of-ember #friendship #jeanne-duprau #lef-out #loneliness

Maybe this is the point: to embrace the core sadness of life without toppling headlong into it, or assuming it will define your days. ↗

— Gail Caldwell

#sadness #friendship

I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely. How appropriate that I write this to myself. ↗

— Richard Paul Evans

#friends #friendship #lonely #sad #friendship

I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here." "Is there something wrong with that?" "Absolutely. ↗

— Ned Vizzini

#sadness #suicide #therapy #funny

Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#bad-company #bad-influence #evil #evil-people #evil-thoughts

In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#again #bill #day #debated #fate

If our destiny stems from our name, then I weep for the flower named Wilt. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#flower #flowers #humor #sadness #wilt