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Sympathy Quotes

Gentle words for hard moments.

This page gathers reflections on how people respond to sorrow and loss, including the idea that mourning can sharpen rather than dull the mind. Several lines touch on how we Feel and the value of walking alongside someone rather than past them.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

I Am
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Nov 07, 2020

I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy.

Quotes by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.

Quotes by Alan Rickman

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.

Quotes by Alan Hovhaness

Law
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Nov 07, 2020

It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy.

Quotes by Al Smith

Other entries caution against sympathy tipping into excess, since grief carried too far can hurt the living more than honor the dead. For related reading, see our Grief and Life collections.

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