“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.”
“Fear and excitement are chemically the same. Sadness is a hair away from melancholy. Melancholy is almost pleasure, brushing against happiness. It’s all the fucking same.”
“Sadness is never bad," said Amparo. "Sadness is the mirror of being happy”
“Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.”
“Being sad with the right people is better than being happy with the wrong ones.”
“The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.”