“Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.”
“Melancholy is an intimate aspect of human nature, while depression, like any other illness, creates fear and perplexity. Melancholy can displayed, depression is usually hidden. When transformed into a depression, melancholy becomes a defeat.”
“I can be funny, because I have time to meditate about how to be funny, and I can repair my mistakes when I perform mistakes, and I can be a melancholy person in manners that are interesting, not only melancholy. With writing, we have second chances.”
“...brooding only feeds the strange pleasure of melancholy...”
“Melancholy isn’t a sign of the book’s end; it is its inspiration. Melancholy is reading’s muse.”
“In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.”