quoth the madman

"Believe me there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory….everything is forgotten, even a great love.
That’s what’s sad about life, and also what’s wonderful about it.
There is only a way of looking at things, a way that comes to you every once in a while.
That’s why it’s good to have had love in your life after all, to have had an unhappy passion- it gives you an alibi for the vague despairs we all suffer from."

— Albert Camus, A Happy Death