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Part-sculpted work and marble block, each has a tragic aspect to it, recalling John Greenleaf Whittier’s forlorn observation: “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“It’s the saddest goodbye because you really love a character, and then that moment marks the real letting go of that experience,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Judge Justice Stacey thanked the jury during an "awful trial" describing it as "the saddest of all cases".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

In the late 1960s, the Texas restaurant magnate J. David Bamberger went shopping for the saddest, sorriest-looking piece of real estate he could find in the Texas Hill Country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

And I can turn the saddest rag of a shirt to find the one good spot that can be snipped out and turned into a quilt patch.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson



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