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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/joseph-roach/quote/modern-anxiety-is-expressed-in-the-longing-for-what-most-people-fear-even-as-modern-grief-is-expressed-in-the-unconsummated-mourning-for-what-they-never-really-had</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/davis-bunn/quote/alex-had-cooked-and-coaxed-and-helped-mark-form-borders-around-the-shapeless-days-alex-had-given-meaning-to-the-word-servant</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/fynn/quote/i-suppose-that-the-human-mind-can-only-stand-so-much-grief-and-anguish-after-that-the-fuses-blow</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/amanda-coplin/quote/he-had-pulled-out-of-that-grief-eventually-out-from-under-the-suffocating-weight-of-it-suffering-had-formed-him-made-him-silent-and-deliberate-thoughtful-deep</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/shari-j-ryan/quote/sorry-doesnt-make-anything-better-its-just-a-word-to-fill-the-space-of-a-loss-of-words</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/my-pain-builds-like-storm-cloudsmassive-dark-and-heavy-with-teardrops-moisture-falls-torrential-as-if-my-world-is-a-violent-eternal-downpour-however-at-long-last-the-source-runs-dry-and-the-b</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/quote/pattie-saw-grief-her-eyes-focused-on-a-version-of-her-own-young-self-and-so-many-other-children-in-vietnam-who-grew-up-without-parents-some-abandoned-because-of-their-ethnicity-others-because</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/john-green/quote/grief-does-not-change-you-it-reveals-you</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/liz-fichera/quote/its-easy-to-be-forgetful-when-youre-grieving-even-forget-those-things-that-you-believe-most-people-wouldnt</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ken-wheaton/quote/in-louisiana-one-of-the-first-stages-of-grief-is-eating-your-weight-in-popeyes-fried-chicken-the-second-stage-is-doing-the-same-with-boudin-people-have-been-known-to-swap-the-order-or-to-do-b</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/brian-m-holmes/quote/i-am-not-alive-if-i-am-only-a-wispy-memory-in-someones-fickle-brain</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ken-wheaton/quote/i-climbed-aboard-a-greyhound-bus-and-rode-it-to-new-york-without-telling-anyone-without-so-much-as-a-goodbye-what-was-i-thinking-i-wasnt-i-was-young-and-stupid-and-broken-i-knew-from-watching</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/linda-bender/quote/grieving-the-loss-of-a-loved-one-whether-human-or-animal-is-not-only-permissible-it-is-essential</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/quote/the-only-thing-grief-has-taught-me-is-to-know-how-shallow-it-is</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/susanna-kearsley/quote/i-had-met-death-before-in-different-forms-i-knew-quite-well-the-pattern-of-my-grieving-first-came-shock-and-then-tears-and-then-a-bitter-anger-followed-by-a-softer-grief-that-time-would-wear-</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nicole-rudick/quote/the-aftermath-of-someones-death-is-vertiginous-a-murky-shimmering-mass-to-look-at-it-head-on-is-to-see-only-the-fog-of-emotion-one-must-approach-it-sideways-entering-it-by-way-of-an-exhumatio</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/and-grief-still-feels-like-fear-perhaps-more-strictly-like-suspense-or-like-waiting-just-hanging-about-waiting-for-something-to-happen-it-gives-life-a-permanently-provisional-feeling-it-doesn</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/and-no-one-ever-told-me-about-the-laziness-of-grief-except-at-my-job-where-the-machine-seems-to-run-on-much-as-usual-i-loath-the-slightest-effort-not-only-writing-but-even-reading-a-letter-is</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/cj-redwine/quote/tears-arent-for-the-people-weve-lost-theyre-for-us-so-we-can-remember-and-celebrate-and-miss-them-and-feel-human</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/cs-lewis/quote/but-those-two-circles-above-all-the-point-at-which-they-touched-are-the-very-thing-i-am-mourning-for-homesick-for-famished-for-you-tell-me-she-goes-on-but-my-heart-and-body-are-crying-out-com</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/holly-lynn-payne/quote/the-point-is-to-turn-your-grief-into-love-the-roses-are-helping-you-find-grace</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-w-boyer/quote/secrets-are-festering-parasites-to-a-relationship-devouring-their-hosts-from-within-leaving-behind-a-empty-hollow-husk-of-what-once-was</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/carol-rifka-brunt/quote/when-people-mentioned-it-to-me-they-thought-they-were-talking-about-some-casual-relative-of-mine-for-most-people-thats-what-an-uncle-was-they-had-no-idea-how-i-felt-about-finn-no-idea-that-he</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/martin-amis/quote/only-parents-and-torturers-and-the-janitors-of-holocausts-are-asked-to-stand-the-sound-of-so-much-human-grief</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jocelyn-murray/quote/there-is-nothing-more-painful-than-the-untimely-death-of-someone-young-and-dear-to-the-heart-the-harrowing-grief-surges-from-a-bottomless-well-of-sorrow-drowning-the-mourner-in-a-torrent-of-a</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ash-krafton/quote/loss-reshapes-us-and-teaches-us-to-fill-ourselves-with-something-new-if-we-resist-we-feel-as-you-do-hollow-empty</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/adam-berlin/quote/she-takes-another-sip-of-her-drink-she-looks-around-the-bar-i-look-at-the-fine-muscles-in-her-neck-at-the-two-points-of-her-clavicle-her-grief-has-not-so-much-changed-her-as-stripped-her-down</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/munindra-misra/quote/215-griefall-the-grief-of-every-manremove-himself-he-only-canfor-this-grief-that-be-withinbe-caused-by-his-own-thinking110-2</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/anne-cassidy/quote/she-should-have-died-on-that-day-perhaps-in-a-way-she-had</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rainer-maria-rilke/quote/so-much-is-happening-now-you-must-be-patient-like-someone-who-is-sick-and-confident-like-someone-who-is-recovering-for-perhaps-you-are-both-and-more-you-are-also-the-doctor-who-has-to-watch-o</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/paul-harding/quote/and-as-the-ax-bites-into-the-wood-be-comforted-in-the-fact-that-the-ache-in-your-heart-and-the-confusion-in-your-souls-means-that-you-are-still-alive-still-human-and-still-open-to-the-beauty-</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-addison/quote/nothing-can-make-death-easier-cala-said-but-silence-can-make-it-harder-speaking-helps-not-maia-said</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sara-bell/quote/the-grief-didnt-fade-but-it-changed-into-something-i-could-carry-around-with-me-a-noose-i-wore-around-my-neck-it-wasnt-until-i-saw-you-that-the-knot-loosened</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/shannon-celebi/quote/i-think-first-of-the-children-what-the-hell-am-i-supposed-to-tell-them-then-i-think-about-money-the-house-all-those-things-no-widow-will-tell-you-ever-crossed-her-mind</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-doty/quote/after-he-died-there-was-a-deep-calm-to-his-face-he-seemed-a-kind-of-unfathomable-still-well-which-opened-on-and-down-beneath-the-suddenly-smooth-surface-of-his-skinthe-heat-in-him-lasted-a-lo</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-doty/quote/there-is-some-firm-place-in-me-which-knows-that-what-happened-to-wally-whatever-it-was-whatever-it-is-that-death-is-as-it-transliterates-us-moving-us-out-of-this-life-into-what-we-cant-know-i</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/patrick-ness/quote/he-answered-the-phone-to-his-daughter-with-a-broken-but-joyous-heart-ready-to-speak-with-her-of-astonishment-and-wonder</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jeff-erno/quote/how-will-i-go-on-without-herthe-answer-was-very-simple-one-day-at-a-time</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T17:28:40+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-doty/quote/the-state-of-mind-above-which-my-distraction-floats-like-fog-is-suddenly-perfectly-clear-though-the-right-word-for-it-is-less-immediately-available-grief-is-too-sharp-and-immediate-maybe-its-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-doty/quote/questions-inside-the-larger-mystery-of-sorrow-which-contains-us-and-our-daily-transit-and-is-large-enough-indeed-to-contain-the-whole-shifting-tidal-theater-where-i-make-small-constructions-m</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/noah-levine/quote/we-are-born-into-a-realm-of-constant-change-everything-is-decaying-we-are-continually-losing-all-that-we-come-in-contact-with-our-tendency-to-get-attached-to-impermanent-experiences-causes-so</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/johna-passaro/quote/in-some-aspects-losing-a-child-is-like-a-wall-but-instead-of-getting-over-it-you-must-carry-the-wall-with-you-wherever-you-go-for-as-long-as-you-livethe-wall-is-immovableyou-cant-go-anywhere-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-van-dyken/quote/for-as-long-as-it-takes-for-the-sorrow-and-pain-to-transfer-into-acceptance-ill-stay-here-with-you-by-your-side-i-wont-leavepromisevow-i-placed-his-hands-gently-on-the-piano-i-vow</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/melina-marchetta/quote/the-boy-in-the-tree-sobs-uncontrollably-when-i-tell-him-about-the-hermit-and-my-mother-yet-his-eyes-light-up-each-time-i-mention-hannah-and-every-single-time-he-asks-taylor-what-about-the-bri</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/may-sarton/quote/there-are-some-griefs-so-loudthey-could-bring-down-the-skyand-there-are-griefs-so-stillnone-knows-how-deep-they-lieendured-never-expendedthere-are-old-griefs-so-proudthey-never-speak-a-wordth</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/samantha-hayes/quote/the-sounds-of-a-man-crying-is-a-piteous-noise-almost-worse-than-an-infants-cry-babies-are-either-hungry-sick-or-bored-or-need-changing-this-man-was-none-of-those-things-he-was-wrapped-in-grie</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/dave-eggers/quote/i-was-feeling-everything-much-too-much-everything-was-pulling-at-my-eyes-i-spent-hours-floating-in-pools-i-sat-on-terraces-and-stared-for-afternoons-at-mediocre-views-i-was-feeling-overjoyed-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rachel-van-dyken/quote/watching-someone-you-love-die-there-are-no-words-for-how-broken-that-makes-a-person-its-like-waking-up-from-a-bad-dream-only-to-find-out-that-its-you-reality-its-like-watching-sunlight-fade-f</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/phindiwe-nkosi/quote/i-realized-that-whilst-crying-over-the-loss-the-living-did-not-seem-adequate-because-they-were-not-my-loved-one-the-room-full-of-strangers-hurt-me-profusely-even-as-i-saw-thousands-of-young-p</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sina-queyras/quote/i-cant-shake-you</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/renee-dyer/quote/i-cant-take-this-pain-away-for-her-i-cant-make-it-better-its-all-i-want-to-do-make-it-better-make-her-feel-better-but-i-understand-grief-its-a-bitch-grief-has-to-work-itself-out-it-can-either</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bryan-penberthy/quote/it-could-be-the-sound-of-each-name-he-knowscurling-to-ash-in-his-chests-aortic-furnace-one-after-another-year-after-year-instructing-himin-the-patient-work-of-letting-go-even-stillthere-are-t</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sebastian-junger/quote/they-had-not-yet-started-out-across-a-continent-of-grief-that-a-lifetime-of-walking-could-not-cover</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-bronte/quote/the-house-cleared-i-shut-myself-in-fastened-the-bolt-that-none-might-intrude-and-proceeded-not-to-weep-not-to-mourn-i-was-yet-too-calm-for-that-but-mechanically-to-take-off-the-wedding-dress-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/brom/quote/stop-your-weeping-grief-is-for-the-dead</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/veronica-roth/quote/it-happened-it-was-awful-you-arent-perfect-thats-all-there-is-dont-confuse-your-grief-with-guiltwe-stay-in-the-silence-and-the-loneliness-of-the-otherwise-empty-dormitory-for-a-few-more-minut</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sanhita-baruah/quote/its-not-time-that-heals-everything-it-is-sleepsleeping-is-the-perfect-answer-to-all-doubts-and-troublesleaving-the-world-of-reality-behind-and-disappearing-in-to-a-world-of-make-believe-and-i</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/susanna-kearsley/quote/a-grieving-persons-like-a-person-treading-in-deep-water-if-theyve-nothing-to-hold-on-to-they-lose-hope-they-slide-right-under</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/dawn-oporter/quote/you-dont-have-to-tell-me-youre-fine-im-not-fine-youre-not-fine-either-we-can-be-honest-with-each-other-about-that-cant-we-i-say-the-sides-of-her-face-tense-as-tries-to-stop-herself-from-cryin</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lisa-henry/quote/and-it-didnt-matter-it-wouldnt-make-a-fucking-difference-if-i-dropped-to-the-floor-and-started-crying-like-a-baby-no-point-in-panicking-no-point-in-breaking-no-point-in-anything-at-all</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/boris-pasternak/quote/it-seemed-as-if-the-valley-were-not-always-girded-by-woods-growing-on-the-surrounding-hills-and-facing-away-from-the-horizon-but-the-trees-had-only-taken-up-their-places-now-rising-out-of-the</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kirsty-logan/quote/the-graces-are-restless-today-they-pweet-and-muss-shuddering-their-wings-so-that-the-feathers-stick-out-at-defensive-angles-i-feel-that-restlessness-too-when-the-sea-is-fractious-like-this-wh</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bebe-moore-campbell/quote/in-all-his-imaginings-he-had-never-envisioned-her-crying-he-knew-that-her-son-had-died-but-hed-never-expected-that-her-pain-might-be-anything-he-could-recognize-almost-as-though-he-believed-t</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/barbara-elsborg/quote/i-think-thats-why-his-asking-me-to-pull-the-plug-hurt-so-much-he-kept-saying-if-i-really-loved-him-i-should-have-been-able-to-do-it-and-i-thought-if-he-really-loved-me-he-would-never-have-ask</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/peter-gould/quote/grief-can-be-an-incredible-source-of-energy-for-good</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-addison-allen/quote/eby-knew-all-too-well-that-there-was-a-fine-line-when-it-came-to-grief-if-you-ignore-it-it-goes-away-but-then-it-always-comes-back-when-you-least-expect-it-if-you-let-it-stay-if-you-make-a-pl</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/grief-is-like-a-drunken-house-guest-always-coming-back-for-one-more-goodbye-hug</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/peter-de-vries/quote/how-i-hate-this-world-i-would-like-to-tear-it-apart-with-my-own-two-hands-if-i-could-i-would-like-to-dismantle-the-universe-star-by-star-like-a-treeful-of-rotten-fruit-nor-do-i-believe-in-pro</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/eleanor-of-aquitaine/quote/grief-is-not-very-different-from-illness-in-the-impetus-of-its-fire-it-does-not-recognise-lords-it-does-not-fear-colleagues-it-does-not-respect-or-spare-anyone-not-even-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/pleasefindthis/quote/the-sun-still-surprisingly-came-up-and-shone-down-onto-the-cold-metal-leftovers-no-loud-noises-no-screams-no-breaking-glass-just-silence-and-sunshine-you-would-be-forgiven-for-thinking-that-t</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/glen-duncan/quote/i-didnt-cry-real-things-dont-make-me-cry-only-false-or-sentimental-things-can-do-that-in-this-respect-im-like-most-civilised-humans</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sereda-aleta-dailey/quote/happiness-is-a-choice-to-make-a-choice-is-utilizing-your-freewill-to-choose-courage-is-getting-out-of-your-own-way-to-let-happiness-happen-in-your-life-in-abundance</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elton-trueblood/quote/lincoln-matured-best-in-sorrow</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/athol-dickson/quote/nothing-stood-between-sheryls-heart-and-skin-she-was-whole-in-her-sorrow-perfectly-connected-inside-and-out-soul-and-body-united-swaying-with-complete-abandon-to-a-dirge-that-only-she-could-h</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bilal-tanweer/quote/living-in-this-city-you-developed-a-certain-relationship-with-violence-and-news-of-violence-you-expected-it-dreaded-it-and-then-when-it-happened-you-worked-hard-to-look-away-from-it-because-t</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kristen-hope-mazzola/quote/i-felt-bad-for-trying-to-live-a-happy-full-life-while-my-heart-was-buried-in-a-dead-mans-chest</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/priscille-sibley/quote/isnt-it-tragic-that-sometimes-it-takes-grief-to-understand-what-we-have-held-so-dear</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/cheryl-strayed/quote/within-forty-minutes-the-voice-inside-my-head-was-screaming-what-have-i-gotten-myself-into-i-tried-to-ignore-it-to-hum-as-i-hiked-though-humming-proved-too-difficult-to-do-while-also-panting-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/adam-berlin/quote/i-try-to-remember-everything-every-thing-but-sometimes-i-forget-something-i-dont-even-know-what-it-is-sometimes-but-i-know-its-not-coming-to-me-something-about-him-isnt-coming-to-me-and-when-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jim-beaver/quote/i-will-bear-this-grief-i-will-endure-it-i-will-reach-a-point-where-it-doesnt-kick-me-down-an-abyss-whenever-i-turn-my-back-on-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mia-farrow/quote/rage-and-grief-are-savage-companions-but-despair-is-the-final-undoing</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/anna-hope/quote/ill-remember-you-he-thinks-and-as-the-gun-carriage-with-its-coffin-and-its-dented-helmet-pass-him-by-he-closes-his-eyesnothing-will-bring-them-back-not-the-words-of-comfortable-men-not-the-wo</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alan-bradley/quote/although-it-seems-shocking-to-say-so-grief-is-a-funny-thing-on-the-one-hand-youre-numb-yet-on-the-other-something-inside-is-trying-desperately-to-claw-its-way-back-to-normal-to-pull-a-funny-f</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/clare-vanderpool/quote/eustasia-johannsen-was-ready-anyone-could-see-that-everything-about-her-ancient-self-gave-evidence-to-it-her-skin-wrinkled-and-transparent-but-mainly-it-was-her-eyes-they-were-drawn-into-her-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/thomas-a-kempis/quote/the-cross-therefore-is-always-ready-it-awaits-you-everywhere-no-matter-where-you-may-go-you-cannot-escape-it-for-wherever-you-go-you-take-yourself-with-you-and-shall-always-find-yourself-turn</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/paul-harding/quote/i-was-ravenous-for-my-child-and-took-to-gorging-myself-in-the-boneyard-hoping-that-she-might-possibly-meet-me-halfway-or-just-beyond-one-night-if-only-for-an-instant-step-back-into-her-own-ba</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/shelley-ramsey/quote/i-pulled-a-dirty-black-sweatshirt-from-the-laundry-basket-on-my-sons-floor-and-tried-to-drink-in-his-scent-to-savor-the-essence-of-my-sweet-boy-i-inhaled-it-long-and-hard-wanting-to-permanent</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lian-hearn/quote/like-young-fern-shootsmy-childs-fingers-curledi-did-not-expectin-the-fifth-month-frost</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-slouka/quote/its-a-race-between-your-foolishness-and-your-allotted-days-good-luck</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kerry-cohen-hoffmann/quote/being-with-people-who-dont-understand-is-worse-than-being-alone-with-her-grief</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/john-geddes/quote/my-soul-has-shadows-nooks-and-crannies-where-griefs-like-cobwebs-collect</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/quote/i-force-myself-to-think-of-anything-but-the-one-thing-that-im-actually-always-thinking-about-and-that-is-so-exhausting-that-i-sleep-more-than-i-ever-have</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/holly-goldberg-sloan/quote/i-somehow-make-it-through-the-first-month-i-dress-and-brush-my-teeth-when-they-tell-me-to-and-i-experience-the-hollow-feeling-of-complete-loss-which-is-emptiness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/eli-brown/quote/i-made-an-attempt-to-reach-him-in-his-grief-i-said-ive-had-this-pain-to-tell-you-it-will-go-away-would-be-a-lie-it-will-never-go-away-but-if-you-live-long-enough-it-will-cease-to-torture-and-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jody-cantrell-dyer/quote/for-me-adoption-was-grief-in-reverse</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sherri-bridges-fox/quote/listen-with-your-heart-not-your-brain-the-heart-only-knows-truth</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-scott/quote/when-someone-you-lovewhen-they-die-you-want-it-undone-youd-do-anything-to-have-them-back-and-its-easy-to-believe-that-if-only-this-had-happened-or-that-had-happened-everything-would-be-fine-a</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/veronica-roth/quote/i-was-angry-with-him-before-im-not-really-sure-why-maybe-i-was-just-angry-that-the-world-had-become-such-a-complicated-place-that-i-have-never-known-even-a-fraction-of-the-truth-about-it-or-t</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jim-beaver/quote/how-can-it-be-that-there-is-such-a-colossal-gap-between-what-we-think-we-know-about-grief-and-mourning-and-what-we-actually-find-out-when-it-comes-to-us</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-maberry/quote/sometimes-there-arent-words-benny-knew-sometimes-there-are-hurts-so-deep-that-they-exist-in-a-country-that-has-no-spoken-language-a-place-where-all-landscapes-are-blighted-and-no-sun-ever-shi</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/karpov-kinrade/quote/when-we-share-in-each-others-grief-and-pain-we-lighten-it-or-maybe-we-just-give-each-other-permission-to-feel-it-fully-and-through-that-act-of-acceptance-the-grief-becomes-more-bearable-becau</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rosamund-lupton/quote/grief-is-the-ultimate-unrequited-love-however-hard-and-long-we-love-someone-who-has-died-they-can-never-love-us-back-at-least-that-is-how-it-feels</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rebecca-west/quote/indeed-grief-is-not-the-clear-melancholy-the-young-believe-it-it-is-like-a-siege-in-a-tropical-city-the-skin-dries-and-the-throat-parches-as-though-one-were-living-in-the-heat-of-the-desert-w</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jim-beaver/quote/ive-attempted-to-flood-the-path-with-light-where-i-could-and-where-i-could-not-ive-wanted-at-least-to-hold-up-a-candle-so-that-others-coming-this-way-might-not-stumble-too-painfully</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/quote/i-tell-you-hopeless-grief-is-passionlessthat-only-men-incredulous-of-despairhalf-taught-in-anguish-through-the-midnight-airbeat-upward-to-gods-throne-in-loud-accessof-shrieking-and-reproach-f</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/chirag-tulsiani/quote/the-times-might-be-unpleasant-repulsive-the-ghastly-chaos-the-abhorrent-uncivility-might-be-intolerable-might-force-us-into-argument-or-leave-us-panic-strickenon-such-occasions-people-build-w</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/peter-jenkins/quote/coopers-tremendous-love-and-energy-and-unchained-freedom-had-captured-life-itself-now-as-the-last-shovelful-covered-him-forever-i-knew-i-would-always-carry-a-big-piece-of-cooper-half-malamute</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/adam-berlin/quote/her-grief-has-not-so-much-changed-her-as-stripped-her-down-stripped-her-body-and-her-face</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lindsay-hill/quote/grief-keeps-coming-back-with-the-same-things-in-its-hands-you-know-this-you-know-that-the-hands-of-grief-are-memory-again-and-again-grief-holds-the-same-few-things</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/patrick-rothfuss/quote/i-slept-and-i-woke-she-gave-me-a-ring-made-from-a-leaf-a-cluster-of-golden-berries-a-flower-that-opened-and-closed-at-the-stroking-of-a-fingerand-once-when-i-startled-awake-with-my-face-wet-a</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/cyril-pedrosa/quote/in-our-springtime-there-is-no-betterthere-is-no-worseblossoming-branches-burgeon-as-the-mustsome-are-longsome-are-shortstay-uprightstay-with-life</loc>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mike-ericksen/quote/in-a-matter-of-moments-i-awakened-to-a-life-that-wasnt-mine-it-was-like-peering-into-a-dark-hidden-world-that-i-wasnt-supposed-to-know-about-and-that-my-mind-didnt-want-to-believe-existed</loc>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T17:19:21+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T17:37:50+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T15:20:20+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T17:23:24+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/johna-passaro/quote/there-is-a-club-in-this-world-that-you-do-not-join-knowinglyone-day-you-are-just-a-memberit-is-the-life-changing-events-clubthe-fee-to-join-the-club-is-hurt-beyond-belief-payable-in-full-up-f</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/worse-than-any-severe-mental-illness-is-the-illness-of-bigotry</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/become-a-human-and-call-upon-the-humans-in-others-and-in-time-the-world-shall-become-a-real-abode-of-peace</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/abhijit-naskar/quote/all-answers-that-you-seek-can-only-be-found-within</loc>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kofi-annan/quote/if-you-have-a-problem-and-you-cant-find-a-solution-you-meet-again-tomorrow-and-you-keep-talking-until-you-find-a-solution-you-can-disagree-with-behavior-or-a-particular-position-but-you-do-no</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/antony-john/quote/music-its-not-about-those-things-its-about-a-feeling-its-about-expressing-yourself-its-about-letting-go</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/robin-craig-clark/quote/inspiring-others-is-the-pathway-to-your-own-discoveries</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/margaux-froley/quote/because-i-figure-theres-two-kinds-of-people-in-the-world-the-ones-who-do-everything-thats-laid-out-for-them-the-supposed-tos-and-then-theres-the-people-that-look-above-it-and-do-what-they-wan</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/thaddeus-golas/quote/we-are-equal-beings-and-the-universe-is-our-relations-with-each-other</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bryant-mcgill/quote/respect-is-that-great-spirit-of-good-which-creates-the-beautiful-space-giving-all-souls-the-simple-room-to-breathe</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bryant-mcgill/quote/the-individual-cannot-exist-outside-of-the-many-spheres-of-the-deeply-interconnected-webs-of-life</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bryant-mcgill/quote/we-are-all-frail-embodied-creatures-who-at-times-suffer-through-injustice-abuse-illness-pain-and-misfortune</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ian-somerhalder/quote/we-are-the-environment-the-world-is-literally-one-biological-process-the-trees-are-our-lungs-look-at-the-amazon-river-system-next-to-a-human-cardiovascular-system-look-at-corals-or-trees-and-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/apoorve-dubey/quote/you-will-never-be-satisfied-with-anything-less-than-the-highest-you-can-attain</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/john-dickson/quote/the-real-power-of-effective-leadership-is-maximizing-other-peoples-potential-which-inevitably-demands-also-ensuring-that-they-get-the-credit-when-our-ego-wont-let-us-build-another-person-up-w</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-anthony-burkett/quote/were-all-made-the-same-but-then-born-to-change-which-then-dont-make-us-the-same</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bryant-mcgill/quote/let-your-greatest-possession-be-the-ability-to-let-go-of-any-possession-joyfully</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bryant-mcgill/quote/the-joy-and-smile-of-even-one-child-is-worth-more-than-the-prancing-intellects-of-a-thousand-men</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/samer-chidiac/quote/live-everyday-with-no-regrets-so-you-dont-regret-it-one-day</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/augusten-burroughs/quote/im-lonely-and-im-lonely-in-some-horribly-deep-way-and-for-a-flash-of-an-instant-i-can-see-just-how-lonely-and-how-deep-this-feeling-runs-and-it-scares-the-shit-out-of-me-to-be-this-lonely-bec</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/maggie-stiefvater/quote/i-said-uselessly-sam-dont-gosam-cupped-my-face-in-his-hands-and-looked-me-in-the-eyes-his-eyes-were-yellow-sad-wolf-mine-these-stay-the-same-remember-that-when-you-look-at-me-remember-its-me-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lemony-snicket/quote/the-way-sadness-works-is-one-of-the-strange-riddles-of-the-world-if-you-are-stricken-with-a-great-sadness-you-may-feel-as-if-you-have-been-set-aflame-not-only-because-of-the-enormous-pain-but</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rainer-maria-rilke/quote/the-only-sadnesses-that-are-dangerous-and-unhealthy-are-the-ones-that-we-carry-around-in-public-in-order-to-drown-them-out-with-the-noise-like-diseases-that-are-treated-superficially-and-fool</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/janne-teller/quote/from-the-moment-we-are-born-we-begin-to-die</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/maggie-stiefvater/quote/you-really-didnt-see-the-sadness-or-the-longing-unless-you-already-knew-it-was-there-but-that-was-the-trick-wasnt-it-everyone-had-their-disappointment-and-their-baggage-only-some-people-carri</loc>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T15:15:27+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-scott/quote/i-have-been-smashed-and-put-back-together-so-many-times-nothing-works-right-nothing-is-where-it-should-be-heavy-thumping-in-my-shoulder-where-my-heart-now-beats</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alexander-lowen/quote/it-is-a-grave-injustice-to-a-child-or-adult-to-insist-that-they-stop-crying-one-can-comfort-a-person-who-is-crying-which-enables-him-to-relax-and-makes-further-crying-unnecessary-but-to-humil</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nathan-filer/quote/shes-known-sadness-thats-what-it-is-i-only-just-thought-that-as-i-wrote-it-shes-known-sadness-and-it-has-made-her-kind</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/laura-pritchett/quote/if-you-cant-get-what-you-want-you-end-up-doing-something-else-just-to-get-some-relief-just-to-keep-from-going-crazy-because-when-youre-sad-enough-you-look-for-ways-to-fill-you-up</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/demi-lovato/quote/theres-no-point-to-living-life-unless-you-make-history-and-the-best-way-to-make-history-is-to-help-others</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/suzanne-collins/quote/sorry-excuses-for-hunters-and-friends-both-of-us</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-scott/quote/i-thought-living-dead-girls-couldnt-feel-pain-thought-i-was-emptied-out-but-im-not-im-not</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kathryn-stockett/quote/that-was-the-day-my-whole-world-went-black-air-looked-black-sun-looked-black-i-laid-up-in-bed-and-stared-at-the-black-walls-of-my-housetook-three-months-before-i-even-looked-out-the-window-se</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alex-witchel/quote/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-see-there-are-these-crevices-in-life-where-things-fall-in-and-you-just-cant-reach-them-to-pull-them-back-out-so-you-can-sit-next-to-them-and-weep-or-you-can-get-up-</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/masashi-kishimoto/quote/when-a-person-dies-he-disappears-along-with-his-past-current-lifestyle-and-his-future-many-people-die-in-missions-and-wars-they-die-easily-and-in-surprisingly-simple-ways-hayate-was-one-of-th</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lisa-mcmann/quote/carrie-doesnt-seem-to-talk-about-anything-with-sharp-edges-maybe-shes-afraid-they-might-poke-her-and-then-shed-burst</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/shane-jones/quote/i-wanted-to-write-you-a-story-about-magic-i-wanted-rabbits-appearing-from-hats-i-wanted-balloons-lifting-you-into-the-sky-it-turned-out-to-be-nothing-but-sadness-war-heartbreak-you-never-saw-</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/brigid-kemmerer/quote/you-know-what-sucks-about-sorry-its-the-worst-word-in-the-world-because-it-always-happens-after-you-fuck-up-something-good</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kiran-desai/quote/sadness-was-so-claustrophobic</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/somaly-mam/quote/i-strongly-believe-that-love-is-the-answer-and-that-it-can-mend-even-the-deepest-unseen-wounds-love-can-heal-love-can-console-love-can-strengthen-and-yes-love-can-make-change</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/cassandra-clare/quote/it-felt-like-being-shot-with-an-arrow-and-will-jerked-back-his-wineglass-crashed-to-the-floor-and-shattered-he-lurched-to-his-feet-leaning-both-hands-on-the-table-he-was-vaguely-aware-of-star</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/maggie-stiefvater/quote/there-was-nothing-particularly-intimate-about-the-way-they-sat-but-something-about-the-scene-made-gansey-feel-strange-like-hed-heard-an-unpleasant-statement-and-later-forgotten-everything-abo</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/steph-campbell/quote/i-try-to-smile-at-her-but-i-cant-extend-my-flexibility-training-to-my-mouth-it-just-wont-move</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/chimnese-davids/quote/behind-these-eyesthere-is-a-girl-trapped-withinher-pain-a-girl-feeling-all-the-emotionsof-anger-and-sadnessshes-fighting-for-a-way-out-in-her-eyes-p-39</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-scott/quote/she-became-a-story-one-i-have-mostly-forgotten-one-i-cant-end-because-she-died-a-long-time-ago</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/toba-beta/quote/when-you-feel-sadness-inside-wipe-it-away-by-cries-and-tears</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/cassandra-clare/quote/trainingclary-echoedbut-we-trained-yesterdaysome-of-us-have-to-train-everydayclaryjace-didnt-sound-angrybut-there-was-a-harshness-to-his-toneand-clary-flushedill-see-you-laterhe-added-without</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kristin-cashore/quote/there-was-no-helping-her-tears-for-they-would-leave-po-behind-she-cried-into-his-shoulder-like-a-child-ashamed-of-herself-for-it-was-only-a-parting-and-bitterblue-had-not-wept-like-this-even-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/dia-reeves/quote/the-rain-echoed-in-the-shadowy-attic-space-and-made-me-feel-small-and-fragile-like-a-lace-glove-left-behind-on-moving-day-mateless-and-abandoned</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sarra-manning/quote/i-smile-i-smile-all-the-time-but-youre-just-not-around-to-see-it-these-days</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/e-lockhart/quote/my-boyfriend-is-named-percocet-i-say-were-very-close-i-even-went-to-europe-with-him-last-summer</loc>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rl-lafevers/quote/i-have-found-it-is-surprisingly-difficult-to-remain-sad-when-a-cat-is-doing-its-level-best-to-sandpaper-ones-cheeks</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-hannigan/quote/how-do-you-run-and-play-when-you-feel-like-there-are-bricks-of-the-heaviest-sadness-weighing-down-every-part-of-your-body-how-do-you-laugh-and-talk-when-there-are-no-laughs-left-inside-of-you</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bernhard-schlink/quote/is-this-what-sadness-is-all-about-is-it-what-comes-over-us-when-beautiful-memories-shatter-in-hindsight-because-the-remembered-happiness-fed-not-just-on-actual-circumstances-but-on-a-promise-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-bronte/quote/he-turned-away-he-threw-himself-on-his-face-on-the-sofa-oh-jane-my-hope-my-love-my-life-broke-in-anguish-from-his-lips</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sonya-watson/quote/the-sky-cries-for-those-filled-with-sadness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alexandre-dumas/quote/can-we-account-for-instinct-said-monte-cristo-are-there-not-some-places-where-we-seem-to-breathe-sadness-why-we-cannot-tell-it-is-a-chain-of-recollections-an-idea-which-carries-you-back-to-ot</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/francois-maspero/quote/being-unhappy-alone-isnt-all-that-much-fun-but-whats-even-tougher-is-playing-ones-part-without-forgetting-ones-lines-coping-with-other-peoples-compassion-their-comments-being-there-with-the-r</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rainer-maria-rilke/quote/were-it-possible-for-us-to-see-further-than-our-knowledge-reaches-and-yet-a-little-way-beyond-the-outworks-of-our-divinings-perhaps-we-would-endure-our-sadnesses-with-greater-confidence-than-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/gail-caldwell/quote/maybe-this-is-the-point-to-embrace-the-core-sadness-of-life-without-toppling-headlong-into-it-or-assuming-it-will-define-your-days</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/laura-restrepo/quote/i-was-the-one-with-the-open-wound-and-the-river-waters-turned-red-when-i-bathed-in-them-my-sadness-is-greater-than-the-heavens</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-reed/quote/id-love-to-wrap-myself-inside-your-sadness-and-pretend-it-is-mine</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ka-hancock/quote/i-know-the-difference-between-sadness-and-depression-clinical-depression-has-no-source-from-which-it-springs-it-just-is-intractable-sadness-has-nothing-to-do-with-synapses-or-brain-chemistry-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/dani-shapiro/quote/this-sadness-wasnt-a-huge-part-of-me-i-wasnt-remotely-depressed-but-still-it-was-like-a-stone-i-carried-in-my-pocket-i-always-knew-it-was-there-p-179</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/calvin-ojohn/quote/a-tear-rolled-down-my-cheekand-more-came-downuntil-tears-rolled-down-like-a-streammy-eyes-were-blind-with-tears-for-youthey-washed-my-eyes-till-i-could-see</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/pam-bachorz/quote/she-drew-me-but-not-who-i-see-in-the-mirror-nia-saw-the-oscar-i-keep-hidden-and-she-put-him-on-paper-nobody-sees-the-real-me</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/anne-carson/quote/come-here-let-me-share-a-bit-of-wisdom-with-youhave-you-given-much-thought-to-our-mortal-conditionprobably-not-why-would-you-well-l</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/murasaki-shikibu/quote/ceaseless-as-the-interminable-voices-of-the-bell-cricket-all-night-till-dawn-my-tears-flow</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/heidi-julavits/quote/i-cant-even-tell-you-what-else-i-imagined-i-can-only-humiliate-myself-to-such-a-degree-at-a-certain-point-it-becomes-humorous-and-this-story-is-not-meant-to-be-humorous-this-story-is-meant-to</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/amanda-lovelace/quote/im-sorryif-iwasnt-the-daughteryou-hadin-mind-i-only-ever-wanted-to-make-you-proud</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-gaskell/quote/no-one-loves-me-no-one-cares-for-me-but-you-mother</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/janet-fitch/quote/she-laughed-so-easily-when-she-was-happy-but-also-when-she-was-sad</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/skye-daphne/quote/everyone-i-say-stop-bullying-it-is-sad-and-tears-someones-heart-apart-and-next-thing-they-do-is-suicide-because-they-think-that-is-the-right-next-stepif-you-are-a-person-who-gets-bullied-find</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/erich-segal/quote/i-wanted-to-keep-looking-at-her-because-i-wanted-to-never-take-my-eyes-from-her-but-still-i-had-tolower-my-eyes-i-was-so-ashamed-that-even-now-jenny-was-reading-my-mind-so-perfectlylisten-tha</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/james-sallis/quote/the-dam-of-my-eyes-broke-and-tears-flooded-the-land</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/erica-jong/quote/tears-are-a-form-of-communication-like-speech-and-require-a-listener</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/some-decisions-in-life-naturally-lead-to-an-unhappy-ending-leaving-you-sinking-by-degrees-in-a-lake-of-quicksand-and-unless-someone-reaches-to-pull-you-out-chances-are-you-will-drown-in-the-c</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/tao-lin/quote/that-was-bad-i-shouldnt-have-done-thatto-prevent-you-from-entering-a-catatonic-statei-am-going-to-maintain-a-calm-facial-expressionwith-crinkly-eyes-and-an-overall-friendly-demeanori-believe-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mf-moonzajer/quote/if-you-are-happy-for-a-day-a-thousand-people-notice-it-but-when-you-are-sad-for-years-everyone-just-walks-away</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sage-steadman/quote/her-sadness-was-like-a-deep-well-just-beneath-the-surface-of-her-determination</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/allie-burke/quote/let-her-go-brendan-said-and-will-did-and-that-was-the-biggest-mistake-of-his-life-letting-her-go</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nell-freudenberger/quote/he-didnt-understand-how-sadness-came-so-easily-to-people-for-him-it-was-like-a-pile-of-rocks-that-had-to-be-moved-one-at-a-time-just-thinking-about-it-made-him-tired</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/michael-gilbert/quote/birds-sing-even-when-the-world-is-filled-with-sadness-i-dont-know-why-people-cant-do-the-same-thing</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/daniel-woodrell/quote/this-is-how-sudden-things-happened-that-haunted-forever</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-safran-foer/quote/when-she-woke-up-crying-for-one-of-her-nightmares-the-kolker-would-stay-with-her-brush-her-hair-with-his-hands-collect-her-tears-in-thimbles-for-her-to-drink-the-next-morning-the-only-way-to-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-hannigan/quote/sadness-is-a-powerful-foe-maybe-harder-to-keep-down-than-happiness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bodie-thoene/quote/there-is-often-grief-that-comes-with-loving-moshe-but-it-is-worth-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/anna-godbersen/quote/she-thought-of-henry-and-diana-on-the-stoop-gazing-at-each-other-with-the-confusion-and-sadness-of-two-puppies-who-have-just-stumbled-into-their-first-puddle-and-not-yet-come-to-understand-wh</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/anton-chekhov/quote/lebedev-a-time-has-come-of-sorrow-and-sadness-for-you-man-my-dear-friend-is-like-a-samovar-it-doesnt-always-stand-on-a-shelf-in-the-chill-but-sometimes-they-put-hot-coals-in-it-and-it-goes-ps</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-lichtenhan/quote/he-had-the-same-look-on-his-face-that-i-had-every-day-when-i-looked-in-the-mirror-he-was-nothing-more-than-a-shell-of-a-person</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alberto-moravia/quote/i-gave-up-the-unequal-struggle-against-what-appeared-to-be-in-my-fate-indeed-i-welcomed-it-with-more-affection-as-one-embraces-a-foe-one-cant-defeat-and-i-felt-liberated</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/emily-bronte/quote/in-every-cloud-in-every-tree-filling-the-air-at-night-and-caught-by-glimpses-in-every-object-by-day-i-am-surrounded-with-her-image-the-most-ordinary-faces-of-men-and-women-my-own-features-moc</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nina-lacour/quote/my-life-is-just-waiting-for-you-to-get-started</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/abbi-glines/quote/i-will-do-anything-anything-blaire-just-to-be-near-you-i-cant-think-about-anything-else-i-cant-focus-on-anything-so-never-think-youre-inconveniencing-me-you-need-me-im-there</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/james-de-mille/quote/horror-is-a-feeling-that-cannot-last-long-human-nature-is-incapable-of-supporting-it-sadness-whether-it-be-from-bereavement-or-disappointment-or-misfortune-of-any-kind-may-linger-on-through-l</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/chris-adrian/quote/i-amsad-and-angry-why-is-my-spirit-so-sad-and-angry-i-look-back-at-my-life-and-all-i-can-remember-is-rage-and-rage-and-rage</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/faraaz-kazi/quote/thats-what-im-trying-sir-getting-my-life</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/meg-wolitzer/quote/is-there-anything-sadder-than-the-scrawniest-little-piece-of-uneaten-chicken-at-a-dinner-partyhmm-said-jules-yes-the-holocaust</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/angela-elwell-hunt/quote/like-blood-out-of-a-wound-a-keening-wail-rose-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart-and-ripped-through-the-graveyard-i-lowered-my-face-to-hadassahs-shoulder-and-went-quietly-and-thoroughly-to-pieces</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/aly-martinez/quote/i-couldnt-keep-doing-this-to-myself-one-day-i-was-going-to-wake-up-and-realize-that-in-my-desperate-escape-from-the-pain-in-the-present-id-let-the-future-pass-me-by</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ae-housman/quote/oh-on-my-breast-in-days-hereafterlight-the-earth-should-liesuch-weight-to-bear-is-now-the-airso-heavy-hangs-the-skyadditional-poems-x</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mary-oliver/quote/no-i-mean-really-listen-heres-a-story-and-you-dont-have-to-visit-manyhouses-to-find-it-one-person-is-talkingthe-other-one-is-not-really-listeningsomeone-can-look-like-they-are-but-theyreactua</loc>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sasha-martin/quote/its-true-a-slice-of-pound-cake-does-wonders-to-thaw-the-coldest-of-days</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jane-bierhorst/quote/we-weeptears-of-bloodwe-weepin-despair-cryingwe-weepthe-sun-forever-has-stolenthe-light-from-his-eyesno-more-his-face-do-we-seeno-more-his-voice-do-we-hearnor-will-his-affectionate-gazewatch-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/shannon-messenger/quote/sometimes-things-have-to-get-worse-before-they-get-better</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/hannah-lillith-assadi/quote/one-day-you-look-in-the-mirror-and-you-see-your-parents-sadness-in-your-eyes</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/hannah-lillith-assadi/quote/i-lit-a-cigarette-go-ahead-take-a-smoke-my-father-said-it-wont-kill-you-only-sadness-will</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/colm-toibin/quote/for-the-first-time-in-years-she-felt-the-deep-sadness-of-exile-knowing-that-she-was-alone-here-an-outsider-and-too-alert-to-the-ironies-the-niceties-the-manners-and-indeed-the-morals-to-be-ab</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/deborah-levy/quote/i-have-always-wanted-to-go-to-trieste-because-it-sounds-like-tristesse-which-is-a-light-hearted-word-even-though-in-french-it-means-sadness-in-spanish-it-is-tristeza-which-is-heavier-than-fre</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/emma-cline/quote/sadness-at-that-age-had-the-pleasing-texture-of-imprisonment-you-reared-and-sulked-against-the-bonds-of-parents-and-school-and-age-things-that-kept-you-from-the-certain-happiness-that-awaited</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nicola-yoon/quote/i-almost-wish-i-hadnt-met-him-how-am-i-supposed-to-go-back-to-my-old-life-my-days-stretching-out-before-me-with-unending-and-brutal-sameness-how-am-i-supposed-to-go-back-to-being-the-girl-who</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/every-heart-has-a-layer-of-sadness-whether-deeply-buried-or-covering-the-surface-for-all-to-see</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/sadness-is-like-sandpaper-it-rubs-at-our-sharper-edges-softening-and-humbling-us-making-us-ready-for-a-coat-of-compassion</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/meg-wolitzer/quote/until-there-is-no-longer-the-possibility-of-sadness-of-isolation-there-can-be-no-gravity-we-all-float-by-rootless-taking-clumsy-astronaut-steps-and-calling-it-progress</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kevin-breel/quote/the-thing-about-people-though-i-think-is-that-our-hearts-tend-to-do-a-great-job-holding-on-to-the-horrible-stuff-and-a-horrible-job-holding-on-to-the-good-or-at-least-were-like-that-until-we-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-eriksson/quote/the-sky-was-so-blue-i-couldnt-look-at-it-because-it-made-me-sad-swelling-tears-in-my-eyes-and-they-dripped-quietly-on-the-floor-as-i-got-on-with-my-day-i-tried-to-keep-my-focus-ticked-off-the</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/suzanne-collins/quote/prim-rue-arent-they-the-very-reason-i-have-to-try-to-fight-because-what-has-been-done-to-them-is-so-wrong-so-beyond-justification-so-evil-that-there-is-no-choice-because-no-one-had-the-right-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/suzanne-collins/quote/the-last-thing-i-remember-ia-an-exquisitely-beautiful-green-and-silver-moth-landing-on-the-curve-of-my-wrist-the-sound-of-rain-on-the-roof-of-our-house-gently-pulls-me-toward-consciousness-i-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jeni-dhodary/quote/he-may-have-been-the-wind-a-caress-or-a-ghost-invading-others-most-precious-convictions-and-still-haunting-mine-like-a-ruthless-despot-if-he-desired-an-empire-he-achieved-it-with-me-for-i-wou</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jeni-dhodary/quote/he-appeared-into-the-scene-like-an-otherworldly-being-providing-no-indication-nor-declaration-he-did-not-even-issue-a-warning-of-what-his-presence-would-entail-he-may-have-been-the-wind-a-car</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/j-limbu/quote/your-love-is-a-kind-place-and-i-dont-deserve-to-stay</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/han-kang/quote/life-is-such-a-strange-thing-she-thinks-once-she-has-stopped-laughing-even-after-certain-things-have-happened-to-them-no-matter-how-awful-the-experience-people-still-go-on-eating-and-drinking</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kilroy-j-oldster/quote/no-one-wants-to-occupy-a-black-hole-of-sadness-and-despair-or-slip-on-the-tight-rope-that-separates-sanity-from-insanity-and-reside-in-a-vortex-devoid-of-reality-i-entered-the-world-as-a-free</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rj-larson/quote/biting-his-lip-blinking-against-fresh-tears-kien-smoothed-elas-dark-tangled-hair-then-dared-another-look-at-her-face-so-serene-beautiful-beneath-the-dried-trails-of-blood-what-had-she-suffere</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kilroy-j-oldster/quote/a-life-of-conflict-and-greediness-causes-a-person-to-suffer-from-the-rheumatism-of-sadness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jack-kerouac/quote/we-lay-on-our-backs-looking-at-the-ceiling-and-wondering-what-god-had-wrought-when-he-made-life-so-sad-we-made-vague-plans-to-meet-in-frisco</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/luschka-van-onselen/quote/heartbreak-might-be-a-fact-but-you-dont-have-to-be-a-victim-to-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alexandra-kleeman/quote/so-full-full-of-lobster-meat-and-the-sadness-of-the-lobster-meat-full-of-the-feeling-of-having-cracked-hundreds-upon-hundreds-of-precious-shells-full-of-the-sound-and-the-sight-of-destruction</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/laura-riding-jackson/quote/the-sad-boy-ay-his-old-mother-was-a-glad-oneand-his-poor-old-father-was-a-mad-onethe-two-begot-this-sad-onealas-for-the-single-shoethe-sad-boy-pulled-out-of-the-rank-green-pondfishing-for-fai</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/marion-chesney/quote/he-was-a-small-chubby-little-man-with-a-perpetual-air-of-sadness-about-him-making-him-look-like-a-baby-that-has-dropped-its-rattle</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/pushpa-rana/quote/i-am-not-sad-because-i-do-not-have-you-i-am-sad-because-i-dont-have-love</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/vaddey-ratner/quote/i-said-nothing-deep-inside-of-me-my-voice-screamed-from-a-hole-where-i-had-buried-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/amanda-craig/quote/very-happy-or-unhappy-people-disappear</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/munia-khan/quote/i-left-smiles-on-your-wordless-lipsthe-night-roads-dismal-and-narrowdreams-path-remains-shadowy-wideas-our-lone-hearts-felt-that-arrowfrom-the-poem-my-tomorrow</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/darshana-suresh/quote/the-lonely-wheres-that-fromsadness-best-friend-sadness-broughtit-along-and-i-couldnt-turn-it-away-soi-let-it-multiply-in-my-pulse-instead</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/darshana-suresh/quote/where-did-you-get-your-sadness-from-i-picked-it-up-on-the-side-of-the-road-itwas-bleeding-and-scratched-and-keeninglike-a-mangled-thing-but-it-looked-toobeautiful-for-me-to-just-walk-away</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nr-walker/quote/silent-tears-are-the-worst-its-the-sign-of-a-broken-spirit-no-sound-no-residual-emotions-just-tears-silent-unstoppable-tears</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/khadija-rupa/quote/in-that-silence-i-dream-to-be</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/khadija-rupa/quote/there-is-a-sad-end-i-used-to-liveeven-before-i-knewthis-is-how-i-was-meant-to-begin</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kilroy-j-oldster/quote/thinking-is-a-personalized-activity-that-can-lead-us-into-a-state-of-happiness-or-cause-us-to-be-sad-who-we-are-becomes-a-product-of-how-we-think-what-we-think-about-and-how-we-integrate-know</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/colleen-hoover/quote/nothing-in-my-life-has-ever-felt-so-good-yet-it-hurt-so-achingly-bad</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/gabby-bess/quote/paige-had-a-sadness-that-was-so-desperate-that-it-could-not-yet-turn-into-anger</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-mead/quote/only-now-standing-with-him-i-realized-it-wouldnt-be-enough-it-would-only-hurt-more-now-knowing-exactly-what-i-could-never-have-again-i-would-never-make-love-with-seth-again-never-have-these-i</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jason-medina/quote/for-a-while-she-cried-silently-until-she-tired-herself-out-and-the-overwhelming-feeling-of-sleepiness-overcame-her-the-room-around-her-was-fairly-silent-although-she-wasnt-the-only-one-crying</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/william-h-gass/quote/sing-of-disappointments-more-repeated-than-the-batter-of-the-sea-of-lives-embittered-by-resentments-so-ubiquitous-the-oceans-salt-seems-thinly-shaken-of-letdowns-local-as-the-sofa-where-i-cop</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/vin-romano/quote/an-unholy-altered-state-of-mindstalking-with-intent-from-behindthe-needless-lonely-empty-timethats-filled-my-life-thats-so-unkind</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/john-crowder/quote/worship-is-basically-adoration-and-we-adore-only-what-delights-us-there-is-no-such-thing-as-sad-adoration-or-unhappy-praise</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/joseph-roth/quote/an-indescribable-sadness-emanated-from-the-white-splendour-of-the-staircase-and-balustrade-the-blood-red-now-almost-black-splendour-of-the-carpets-the-huge-palms-in-their-huge-pots-looked-lik</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/agatha-christie/quote/somehow-the-more-i-get-older-and-the-more-i-see-of-people-and-sadness-and-illness-and-everything-the-sorrier-i-get-for-everyone</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/anna-akhmatova/quote/im-not-weeping-im-not-complaininghappiness-is-not-for-me</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/holly-bourne/quote/maybe-there-in-a-set-amount-of-crying-your-body-needs-to-deal-with-any-trauma-theres-a-certain-water-level-of-tears-you-need-to-shed-until-you-can-find-acceptance-or-move-on-or-whatever-and-i</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jeff-garvin/quote/remembering-that-moment-stirs-something-inside-anger-at-first-and-then-a-deep-hollow-sadness-that-ripples-through-me-in-its-own-spiderweb-pattern</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T19:19:15+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T15:14:12+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/anna-todd/quote/no-teas-come-only-memories-memories-and-regrets</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/freedom-matthews/quote/all-the-dreams-id-allowed-myself-to-imagine-were-nothing-but-pages-swept-away-by-the-wind</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ap-sweet/quote/i-rise-from-the-moist-crevice-of-thought-i-beat-on-the-shores-of-her-holy-body-i-fall-from-the-sky-in-silver-sheets-of-sadness-rise-onto-me-my-precious-sun</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jane-austen/quote/mr-knightley-to-be-no-longer-coming-there-for-his-evening-comfort-no-longer-walking-in-at-all-hours-as-if-ever-willing-to-change-his-own-home-for-theirs-how-was-it-to-be-endured</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elena-ferrante/quote/maybe-in-the-face-of-abandonment-we-are-all-the-same-maybe-not-even-a-very-orderly-mind-can-endure-the-discovery-of-not-being-loved</loc>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/evan-guerra/quote/ive-always-felt-were-supposed-to-be-sad-as-often-as-were-happy-without-being-forlorn-happiness-has-no-value-i-believe-out-there-whatever-or-whoever-is-responsible-for-the-universe-has-simply-</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ruth-ahmed/quote/honour-looked-so-much-like-a-child-herself-confined-to-bed-a-white-nightgown-like-one-of-those-maudlin-victorian-dolls-her-cheeks-were-red-like-someone-had-painted-them-but-i-knew-it-was-from</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jeff-wilser/quote/if-someones-a-racist-punch-them-in-the-mouth-so-they-will-be-sadder-and-therefore-less-likely-to-stereotype-even-if-fargass-theory-is-flawed-on-the-upside-at-least-youve-punched-a-racist-in-t</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lauren-groff/quote/ever-since-the-other-boy-had-arrived-half-way-through-the-semester-hed-been-so-blue-he-was-practically-iridescent</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/harold-brodkey/quote/my-mothers-eyes-were-incomprehensible-they-were-dark-stages-where-dimly-seen-mob-scenes-were-staged-and-all-one-ever-sensed-was-tumult-and-drama-and-no-matter-how-long-one-waited-the-lights-n</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rebecca-rijsdijk/quote/she-rode-toward-the-sunsetin-her-fathers-worn-down-cara-breeze-picked-up-strands-of-her-hairthrough-the-open-windowwhile-a-cigarette-burned-between-her-lipshe-told-her-stories-of-honey-and-mi</loc>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/brad-mckinniss/quote/theyre-going-to-get-the-death-penalty-theyll-be-strung-up-and-made-to-be-laughed-at-out-in-the-streets-and-made-examples-of</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-grimm/quote/do-you-know-how-many-people-would-give-anything-for-what-you-have-not-the-fame-or-wealth-the-opportunity-to-wake-up-tomorrow-healthy-pain-free-and-with-a-future-stretching-out-before-them</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-grimm/quote/when-youre-gone-and-people-remember-you-what-will-they-say-about-you-that-you-were-happy-generous-and-kind-that-you-loved-big-or-that-you-were-the-drunken-singer-in-a-rock-band</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/martina-boone/quote/it-occurred-to-her-that-all-the-bad-parts-of-life-the-sad-parts-the-frightening-ones-were-meant-to-be-offset-by-moments-and-memories-like-this-she-had-to-be-present-in-it-right-here-right-now</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-groat/quote/what-a-wonderful-sadness-to-miss-the-one-you-have-loved-forever-it-seems-and-know-that-she-is-waiting-at-home</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/betty-smith/quote/the-sad-thing-was-in-the-knowing-that-all-their-nerve-would-get-them-nowhere-in-the-world-and-that-they-were-lost-as-all-the-people-in-brooklyn-seem-lost-when-the-day-is-nearly-over-and-even-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-eriksson/quote/it-was-quite-a-sad-thingthe-way-i-watched-you-sleep-like-nothing-could-go-wrong-and-i-did-not-want-to-harm-it-i-did-not-want-to-blur-it-but-how-could-i-notwhen-everything-ive-ever-known-has-s</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/patrick-ness/quote/theres-her-silence-loud-as-a-roar-pulling-at-me-like-the-greatest-sadness-ever-like-i-want-to-take-it-and-press-myself-into-it-and-just-disappear-forever-down-into-nothingwhat-a-relief-that-w</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/bram-stoker/quote/do-not-think-that-i-am-not-sad-though-i-laugh</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-mcintyre/quote/he-knew-too-well-the-sting-of-loneliness-and-how-over-time-it-stole-you-away-piece-by-piece-until-a-mere-shell-remained</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/ali-shaw/quote/the-winds-shook-off-in-unison-and-yipped-beneath-the-gleaming-starsshe-gave-him-her-lips-they-kissedand-she-was-in-love-with-the-thunder</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/vann-chow/quote/it-was-lonely-to-be-so-perfect-in-all-respects</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jessica-reader/quote/i-met-death-for-the-last-time-realizing-that-he-the-creature-i-called-it-because-i-did-not-want-to-believe-came-for-me-collecting</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/frightened-people-live-in-their-own-special-hell</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/aisha-saeed/quote/sad-she-lets-out-a-bitter-laugh-life-is-full-of-sadness-its-part-of-being-a-woman-our-lives-are-lived-for-the-sake-of-others-our-happiness-is-never-factored-in-do-i-want-this-life-living-here</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/haruki-murakami/quote/besides-being-the-world-the-kind-of-sadness-that-can-not-be-expressed-in-tears-you-can-not-explain-it-to-anyone-unable-to-take-any-shape-settles-quietly-in-the-bottom-of-the-heart-as-snow-dur</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jonathan-renshaw/quote/i-always-hatedall-sad-songs-i-thought-they-made-happy-people-miserable-now-i-think-i-understand-them-better-bards-write-them-because-they-cant-hold-them-back-sadness-has-got-to-flow-out-or-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-bronte/quote/if-there-was-a-hope-of-comfort-for-any-moment-the-heart-or-head-of-no-human-being-in-this-house-could-yield-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/dana-spiotta/quote/and-if-i-am-comfortable-with-it-why-do-i-still-call-it-loneliness-because-and-i-think-somehow-she-would-understand-this-you-can-have-and-recognize-a-sadness-in-your-alienation-and-in-other-pe</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lailah-gifty-akita/quote/mourn-with-those-who-are-sorrowfulbe-happy-with-those-who-are-joyful</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/joseph-roth/quote/they-talk-about-prohibition-in-america-what-can-one-do-in-a-country-such-as-that-what-does-one-do-in-america-when-one-is-sad-without-alcohol-asks-zwonimir</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lg-abell/quote/the-deepest-wretchedness-often-results-from-a-perpetual-continuation-of-petty-trials</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sade-andria-zabala/quote/i-said-i-love-youwhen-what-i-meant-to-say-wasim-afraid-of-being-alonei-said-i-need-youwhen-what-i-meant-to-say-wasi-need-to-learn-how-to-love-myself</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mj-rose/quote/no-the-sadness-will-soften-its-edges-will-become-less-rough-in-time-missing-him-will-be-the-way-you-love-him</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/clive-barker/quote/a-sweet-slip-of-a-girl-like-you-why-should-you-have-to-know-anything-about-the-sorrow-of-the-world-you-just-believe-me-when-i-tell-you-theres-no-way-to-live-your-life-to-the-full-and-not-have</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/michelle-madow/quote/when-somethings-really-bothering-me-i-just-like-to-get-it-out-i-like-to-completely-give-in-to-the-emotion-if-i-pretend-im-not-sad-if-i-try-smiling-through-it-and-pretending-like-everythings-f</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/paulo-coelho/quote/for-years-i-had-fought-against-my-heart-because-i-was-afraid-of-sadness-suffering-and-abandonment-but-now-i-knew-that-true-love-was-above-all-that-and-that-it-would-be-better-to-die-than-to-f</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mt-anderson/quote/some-love-is-so-powerful-after-all-that-it-must-always-include-sadness-because-encrypted-within-it-is-the-knowledge-that-someday-it-will-come-to-an-end</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/anamika-mishra/quote/her-tears-were-as-much-anger-and-frustration-as-sadness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/pittacus-lore/quote/i-watch-ethan-try-to-connect-the-dots-in-his-head-and-suddenly-his-face-falls-into-a-sad-smileoh-he-says-and-thats-alli-walk-over-to-him-my-bare-feet-sinking-into-the-sand-as-i-trudge-along-h</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/rainer-maria-rilke/quote/perhaps-we-would-bear-our-sadnesses-with-greater-trust-than-we-have-in-our-joys</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sarah-ruhl/quote/do-you-think-we-make-sad-things-into-songs-in-order-to-hold-on-to-the-sadness-or-to-banish-it-i-think-it-is-to-banish-the-sadness-so-then-if-you-write-a-happy-song-is-it-not-sadder-than-a-sad</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sam-keen/quote/condition-a-woman-or-a-man-to-value-submission-above-all-other-attitudes-and-you-will-produce-a-character-type-whose-most-readily-expressed-emotion-will-be-sadness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/katherine-mcintyre/quote/what-bothered-me-the-most-was-the-hesitation-in-his-voice-when-he-said-that-like-he-was-running-out-of-time</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charlotte-eriksson/quote/i-cant-sleep-alone-anymoreand-i-get-used-tocompanytoo-quickly-youre-always-gone-too-soon</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jan-philipp-sendker/quote/she-saw-that-he-knew-what-loneliness-was-that-he-understood-why-it-might-be-raining-inside-a-person-even-when-the-sun-shone-that-sadness-needed-no-immediate-cause</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/makoto-shinkai/quote/by-just-living-ones-life-sadness-accumulates-here-and-there-be-it-in-the-sheets-hung-out-in-the-sun-to-dry-the-toothbrushes-in-the-bathroom-and-the-history-logs-of-the-mobile-phonein-the-last</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/glenn-haybittle/quote/she-is-a-wiry-blanched-creature-with-no-beauty-her-expression-reminds-him-of-a-crumpled-letter-there-is-both-sadness-and-anger-in-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/maureen-johnson/quote/i-felt-so-alone-on-that-train-a-weird-unnatural-kind-of-alone-that-bore-into-me-it-was-feeling-just-beyond-fear-and-somewhere-to-the-left-of-sadness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/andrew-pyper/quote/last-night-i-had-the-dream-again-except-its-not-a-dream-i-know-because-when-it-comes-for-me-im-still-awaketheres-my-desk-the-map-on-the-wall-the-stuffed-animals-i-dont-play-with-anymore-but-d</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/michelle-tea/quote/i-was-so-sad-that-day-my-heart-was-trying-to-climb-from-my-body</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/renata-adler/quote/people-who-are-less-happy-i-find-are-always-consoling-those-who-are-more</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/allison-dubois/quote/saying-good-bye-when-you-know-its-for-the-last-time-is-like-no-other-sadness-you-will-ever-experience</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/elizabeth-scott/quote/and-in-the-end-blood-and-tears-are-alike-because-they-stop-too</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/gail-carriger/quote/where-were-the-scientific-pamphlets-that-taught-a-woman-how-to-listen-to-herself-die</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/happiness-found-me-alone-one-day-and-took-me-by-the-handhe-showed-me-how-the-sun-gave-out-its-warmth-across-the-landsadness-found-me-content-and-smiling-upward-at-the-sunhe-talked-of-droughts</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/quote/a-man-can-smell-a-womans-sadness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/seanan-mcguire/quote/i-didnt-even-feel-my-face-hitting-the-pond-everything-was-darkness-glorious-darkness-and-the-final-perfect-absence-of-pain-it-was-done-all-of-it-the-running-and-the-fighting-and-the-pain-afte</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/stephen-king/quote/same-shit-different-day-he-thinks-but-now-the-joy-is-gone-and-the-sadness-is-back-the-sadness-that-feels-like-something-deserved-the-price-of-some-not-quite-forgotten-betrayal</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/tabatha-stirling/quote/i-have-always-been-sensitive-to-vibrations-and-energies-sometimes-i-meet-people-and-the-hairs-on-the-back-of-my-neck-stand-up-and-i-know-that-person-is-just-wrong-somehow-that-their-wiring-is</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kelly-batten/quote/she-simply-stared-at-me-with-such-a-loving-expression-on-her-face-i-felt-like-i-was-her-foal-indah-reached-her-head-as-far-as-she-could-around-me-to-press-me-to-her-i-melted-how-could-i-live-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/penelope-fitzgerald/quote/whats-to-become-of-us-we-cant-go-on-like-thisyes-we-can-go-on-like-this-said-cesare-we-can-go-on-exactly-like-this-for-the-rest-of-our-lives</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/brenna-yovanoff/quote/her-gaze-was-direct-full-of-a-sadness-so-raw-and-crystallized-that-i-could-see-the-shape-of-it-it-ringed-her-pupils-in-rusty-starbursts-but-she-was-grinning-this-terrible-ferocious-grin-it-ma</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/chelsea-ballinger/quote/she-fell-down-fifty-five-floors-it-took-106-seconds-for-her-to-hit-the-ground-it-took-my-father-forty-eight-hours-to-come-back-home-from-his-business-trip-in-sweden</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/john-webster/quote/oft-gay-and-honoured-robes-those-tortures-try-we-think-caged-birds-sing-when-indeed-they-cry</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jennifer-dubois/quote/sadness-forever-unacknowledged-eventually-becomes-resentment</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/paige-harbison/quote/i-was-so-incredibly-nostalgic-for-a-life-i-knew-id-never-ever-have-again</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/auliq-ice/quote/control-your-anger-because-it-is-just-one-letter-away-from-danger</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/shari-arnold/quote/we-seek-out-other-people-to-fight-off-the-loneliness-but-its-like-were-children-playing-at-pretend-we-are-alone-in-everything-we-do-livy-alone-but-not-without-company</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T19:32:13+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/miguel-ruiz/quote/the-voice-that-says-thats-the-way-i-am-is-the-voice-of-knowledge-its-the-voice-of-the-liar-living-in-the-tree-of-knowledge-in-your-head-the-toltec-consider-it-a-mental-disease-that-is-highly-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/karen-quan/quote/well-meet-again-but-youre-a-lifetime-away-and-i-need-you-now</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/crystal-woods/quote/i-finally-gave-in-today-admitting-that-i-havent-been-able-to-do-it-alone-thats-defeat-right-but-do-a-couple-pills-change-why-im-here-will-my-spirit-be-altered-do-my-passions-change-will-i-los</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/aline-ohanesian/quote/there-in-the-spaces-between-darkness-and-light-a-sadness-hangs-in-the-air-invisible-to-the-human-eye-yet-heavy-on-the-heart</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alex-latimer/quote/it-was-only-in-the-middle-between-the-immense-and-the-minute-that-sadness-seemed-to-exist</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-f-glassman/quote/perhaps-the-greatest-neutralizer-of-sadness-rests-with-two-simple-words-thank-you</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/sanober-khan/quote/there-is-somethingmystically-sadand-beautifulabouthowi-will-neversee-youagainbut-meet-youagain-and-againin-poetry</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/pablo-neruda/quote/tonight-i-can-write-the-saddest-linesto-think-that-i-do-not-have-her-to-feel-that-i-have-lost-herto-hear-the-immense-night-still-more-immense-without-herand-the-verse-falls-to-the-snow-like-d</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/there-are-in-this-world-ample-reasons-to-be-sad-and-disheartened-discouraged-and-fearful-but-there-are-as-many-reasons-not-to-be</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T15:10:12+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/brian-spellman/quote/if-you-see-me-standing-on-my-head-im-trying-to-cheer-you-up-with-my-frown-i-need-my-honesty-you-my-pleasantry</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-f-glassman/quote/sometimes-all-it-takes-to-lift-the-sadness-from-another-is-to-let-them-know-how-much-you-appreciate-them-and-how-grateful-you-are-having-them-in-your-life</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jasmine-warga/quote/i-cant-wait-until-they-dont-have-me-here-anymore</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/francesca-zappia/quote/it-kind-of-felt-like-she-was-kicking-me-in-the-gut-and-every-kick</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/muse/quote/i-would-write-my-tears-weeping-out-my-pain-i-would-empty-my-veins-for-ink</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-zhang/quote/but-there-was-something-terrifying-taking-over-her-thoughts-and-it-wouldnt-leave-out-of-seven-billion-sharing-the-planet-with-her-not-one-of-them-knew-what-was-going-through-her-head-not-one-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/there-would-be-no-cloud-nine-days-without-rock-bottom-moments-left-below</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alan-bradley/quote/magic-doesnt-work-when-youre-sad</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/carolina-zacaria/quote/i-have-learned-that-when-sadness-comes-to-visit-me-all-i-can-do-is-say-i-see-you-i-spend-some-time-with-it-get-up-and-say-goodbyei-dont-push-it-away-i-own-it-and-because-i-own-it-i-let-it-go</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/barbara-brown-taylor/quote/when-i-stopped-trying-to-block-my-sadness-and-let-it-move-me-instead-it-led-me-to-a-bridge-with-people-on-the-other-side-i-learned-that-sadness-does-not-sink-a-person-it-is-the-energy-a-perso</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/david-levithan/quote/the-sadness-will-ebbthe-trouble-is-the-time-it-might-take</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/quote/1i-smiled-bitterly-a-defeated-man-pitifully-begging-a-god-in-whom-he-had-never-trusted</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/charles-yu/quote/he-was-always-saying-he-deserved-better-better-than-this-anyway-i-would-nod-and-agree-with-him-but-i-never-told-him-what-i-wanted-to-tell-him-which-was-hey-deepak-when-you-say-that-you-deserv</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/melissa-grijalva/quote/there-is-so-much-more-to-the-notes-being-strum-from-his-guitar-behind-everything-is-raw-emotion-and-its-proof-that-he-is-human-that-his-heart-beats-just-like-mine-and-that-sadness-can-infiltr</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lemony-snicket/quote/everyone-tells-you-its-all-right-to-cry-but-not-enough-people-say-its-all-right-if-you-dont-want-people-to-know</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/tahereh-mafi/quote/because-its-so-hard-to-be-kind-to-the-world-when-all-youve-ever-felt-is-hate</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/terence-mckenna/quote/schizophrenia-is-just-a-catch-all-term-for-forms-of-mental-behaviour-that-we-dont-understand-in-the-nineteenth-century-there-was-a-term-melancholia-which-we-would-now-call-bipolar-depression-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/debasish-mridha/quote/when-perception-will-change-then-todays-sadness-could-be-tomorrows-happiness</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/makoto-shinkai/quote/by-just-living-ones-life-sadness-accumulates-here-and-there-be-it-in-the-blankets-hung-out-in-the-sun-to-dry-the-toothbrushes-in-the-bathroom-and-the-phone-history-logs</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/s-walden/quote/everyones-pain-is-different-reece-went-on-i-dont-like-when-people-compare-i-dont-like-when-people-marginalize-their-feelings-because-they-think-theyre-not-allowed-to-have-them-someone-will-al</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/kiera-cass/quote/wanting-to-cry-doesnt-mean-you-can</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/virginia-woolf/quote/the-voice-had-an-extraordinary-sadness-pure-from-all-body-pure-from-all-passion-going-out-into-the-world-solitary-unanswered-breaking-against-rocks-so-it-sounded</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/holly-a-smith/quote/i-would-like-to-turn-in-my-skin-and-change-it-for-a-new-epidermis-it-feels-as-if-i-will-never-be-able-to-rinse-the-sadness-from-my-soul-all-the-while-i-am-cognizant-of-the-fact-that-i-am-tryi</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/dan-brown/quote/i-am-the-shade-through-the-dolent-city-i-flee-through-the-eternal-woe-i-take-flight</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nina-sankovitch/quote/sorrow-is-the-violent-smashing-of-reason-in-that-reason-has-no-power-over-it</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/crissi-langwell/quote/shhh-mr-winston-whispered-into-her-hair-its-going-to-be-okay-its-going-to-be-okay-he-said-it-over-and-over-again-just-as-the-boy-had-done-when-she-was-at-her-most-helpless-he-rocked-her-with-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nigel-blundell/quote/i-was-a-prisoner-of-events</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jojo-moyes/quote/she-was-always-tired-these-days-she-put-on-one-of-those-smiles-that-wasnt-really-a-smile-at-all-and-they-went-on</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/m-kirin/quote/you-dont-have-any-control-over-anyones-feelingsyou-cant-make-your-parents-feel-proud-of-youyou-cant-make-anyone-like-youyou-cant-make-anyone-love-youyou-can-make-it-easier-for-them-by-sacrifi</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/manu-joseph/quote/at-the-heart-of-memory-is-the-stillness-of-time</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/piper-payne/quote/sometimes-i-think-my-scars-are-beautiful-but-then-i-remember-not-everyone-shares-the-same-love-of-art</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/benjamin-alire-saenz/quote/i-wish-i-didnt-have-a-heart-that-god-wrote-sad-on</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/francois-lelord/quote/or-rather-he-was-sad-because-that-morning-hed-understood-that-hed-understood-nothing-because-while-he-still-understood-nothing-he-wasnt-sad-at-all-but-now-that-hed-understood-that-hed-underst</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
        <url>
        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/gabriel-garcia-marquez/quote/the-worst-way-to-miss-someone-is-to-have-them-sitting-right-next-to-you-and-know-you-can-never-have-them</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/pushpa-rana/quote/for-a-couple-of-days-he-was-nice-and-i-was-on-cloud-number-9damn-they-dont-teach-how-to-come-down-from-there-instead-leave-us-to-gravity</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/runaway-bunny/quote/and-inside-inside-i-feel-a-dark-chasm-and-its-getting-wider-deeper-its-breaking-my-heart-apart-more-and-more-the-chasm-is-filling-up-filling-up-with-gallons-and-gallons-tears-tears-that-were-</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/piper-payne/quote/if-love-were-human-i-wouldve-set-them-on-fire-by-now-a-screaming-blaze-of-smoke-and-flesh-id-breathe-in-the-blackness-once-more-just-to-feel-loves-destruction-its-mortality-filling-in-the-hol</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/mark-haddon/quote/sometimes-we-get-sad-about-things-and-we-dont-like-to-tell-other-people-that-we-are-sad-about-them-we-like-to-keep-it-a-secret-or-sometimes-we-are-sad-but-we-really-dont-know-we-are-sad-so-we</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/jenny-han/quote/it-was-over-before-i-even-had-a-chance</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nenia-campbell/quote/nobody-should-have-to-choose-between-a-cold-heart-and-a-dead-heart</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/nadine-gordimer/quote/i-dont-cry-unfortunately-i-seem-rather-short-of-tears-so-my-sorrows-have-to-stay-inside-me</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/john-daniel-thieme/quote/beneath-the-stars-that-drift-she-sighed-and-said-every-tale-of-a-love-can-only-be-a-tale-of-ghosts-that-linger-in-these-spaces-wecan-never-hold-as-the-wind-gave-echo</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/virginia-woolf/quote/this-susceptibility-to-impressions-had-been-his-undoing-no-doubt-still-at-his-age-he-had-like-a-boy-or-a-girl-even-these-alternations-of-mood-good-days-bad-days-for-no-reason-whatever-happine</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/martha-m-moravec/quote/life-is-sad-and-there-is-nothing-we-can-do-about-it-all-we-can-is-to-be-vigilant-about-what-we-should-not-do-the-worst-thing-we-can-do-is-to-not-feel-the-sadness-to-not-weep-to-not-acknowledg</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lemony-snicket/quote/the-way-sadness-works-is-one-of-the-strangest-riddles-of-the-world-if-you-are-stricken-with-a-great-sadness-you-may-feel-as-if-you-have-been-set-aflame-not-only-because-of-the-enormous-pain-b</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/amy-harmon/quote/we-werent-so-different-finn-and-i-cages-come-in-lots-of-colors-and-shapes-some-are-gilded-while-others-have-a-slamming-door-but-golden-handcuffs-are-still-handcuffs</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/lisa-de-jong/quote/there-are-some-moments-in-life-we-all-have-to-face-even-though-we-dont-want-to</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
            </url>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/monica-mccarty/quote/she-deserved-someone-who-could-see-what-she-had-to-give-and-would-lover-her-for-it-who-wouldnt-turn-away-from-her-every-time-she-made-a-mistake-she-wanted-to-be-important-to-someone-perhaps-i</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/william-steig/quote/why-had-he-wanted-to-be-rich-or-to-feel-rich-was-he-an-unhappy-mouse-before-didnt-he-see-the-king-himself-often-looking-sad-was-anyone-completely-happy</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/molly-antopol/quote/but-for-the-first-time-boaz-couldnt-think-of-a-single-word-to-describe-this-kind-of-loneliness-so-scary-and-real-it-required-an-entirely-different-language-new-and-strange-and-yet-to-be-inven</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alberto-caeiro/quote/im-a-keeper-of-flocksthe-flock-is-my-thoughtsand-my-thoughts-are-all-sensationsi-think-with-my-eyes-and-with-my-earsand-with-my-hands-and-feetand-with-my-nose-and-mouththinking-about-a-flower</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/alberto-caeiro/quote/and-sometimes-if-i-wantto-imagine-im-a-lambor-a-whole-flockspreading-out-all-over-the-hillsideso-i-can-be-a-lot-of-happy-things-at-the-same-timeits-only-because-i-feel-what-i-write-at-sunseto</loc>
                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/richelle-e-goodrich/quote/acknowledge-that-some-moments-are-just-plain-awfuldesperate-and-gloomy-and-painful-and-miserable-and-nothing-at-all-but-anguish-no-truthful-cheerful-thought-in-the-world-will-fix-it-so-let-me</loc>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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                    <lastmod>2026-10-23T04:29:31+00:00</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://atomicquote.com/author/chris-galford/quote/everyone-was-trying-to-forget-something-but-they-could-never-seem-to-find-the-way-to-do-it-all-they-ever-seemed-to-do-was-make-it-worse-such-quiet-madness-the-masses-led</loc>
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