“...Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean]...”

“SADNESS OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart; Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean]; Sadness of having options; Sadness of wanting sadness; Sadness of confusion; Sadness of domes[tic]ated birds, Sadness of fini[shi]ng a book; Sadness of remembering; Sadness of forgetting; Anxiety sadness...”

“Words never mean what we want them to mean.”

“The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know you are sad.”

“....Worthy would-be worlds of words, whorls of working wonder.”

“This is my heart. You are touching it with your left hand. You are touching it with your left hand, not because you are left-handed, although you might be, but because I am holding it against my heart. What you are feeling is the beating of my heart. It is what keeps me alive.”

“My father's face, when he said that, dissolved into a stillness, a sad expression, sadder than human feeling.”