“But solitude is sadness.''Yes; it is sadness. Life, however, has worse than that. Deeper than melancholy lies heart-break.”
“The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know you are sad.”
“Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.”
“Cheap jewelry, however, is worse than no jewelry at all, and there are very few things in life than are worse than no jewelry at all.”
“That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.”
“I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others -- The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad.”