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    I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

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When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to read more

When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together.

by John Berger Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness

by Italo Calvino Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Seek peace, and pursue it. [Prove!4:14].

Seek peace, and pursue it. [Prove!4:14].

by Bible Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

by Jacques Barzun Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Never frown...even when you're sad you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.

Never frown...even when you're sad you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.

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Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.

Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.

by E. M. Cioran Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to read more

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.

by E. M. Cioran Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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