He did not mean to depress us, rather to free us from expectations which inspire bitterness. It is consoling, when love has let us down, to hear that happiness was never part of the plan. – Alain de Botton
This is the Hour of Lead — Remembered, if outlived, As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow — First –Chill –then Stupor –then the letting go –. – Emily Dickinson