“Melancholy isn’t a sign of the book’s end; it is its inspiration. Melancholy is reading’s muse.”
“Melancholy is to know the beauty of life, and to know it must end.”
“Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.”
“Depression is melancholy minus its charms.”
“The beauty of a landscape resides in its melancholy.”
“In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.”