I call this the Saddest Story, rather than 'The Ashburnham Tragedy,' just because it is so sad, just because there was no current to draw things along to a swift and inevitable end. There is about it none of the elevation that accompanies tragedy; there is no about it no nemesis, no destiny. Here were two noble people - for I am convinced that both Edward and Lenora had noble natures - here, then, were two noble natures, drifting down life, like fireships afloat on a lagoon and causing miseries, heartaches, agony of the mind and death. And they themselves steadily deteriorated. And why? For what purpose? To point what lesson? It is all darkness.

Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.

The saddest noise in the world is that of a heart breaking.

Of all sad words, of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been.' Let's add this thought, unto this verse: 'It might have been a great deal worse.

The saddest word
in the whole wide world
is the word <i>almost</i>.

He was almost in love.
She was almost good for him.
He almost stopped her.
She almost waited.
He almost lived.
They <i>almost</i> made it.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.

In great misfortunes, people want to be alone. They have a right to be. And the misfortunes that occur within one are the greatest. Surely the saddest thing in the world is falling out of love — if once one has ever fallen in.

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story

Religion has what is EASILY the greatest bullshit story of all time.

The saddest of all tragedies - the wasted life