Sadness clings to you like a cat unwilling to release its claws, so you embrace it and stroke it until it is content to sleep in your heart, until awakened by a sound, a smell, or a memory...but it never leaves you.

D.S. Mixell
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A quote about sadness clings to you like a cat unwilling to release its claws, so you embrace it and stroke it until it is content to sleep in your heart, until awakened by a sound, a smell, or a memory. The idea of the quote is that sometimes we can be so wrapped up in our own pain that we miss out on the beauty of the world around us. We have all had that moment when we are walking down the street and some beautiful object catches our eye. It’s a rose, a bird, a piece of art, anything beautiful.

But we are too busy worrying about our own problems to notice it. Our hearts are too heavy to feel any joy. We will hold onto our sadness for as long as we can because we believe that with it comes some sort of peace and with peace comes happiness.

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