“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.”