Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.
Andrew SolomonRead
A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.
Interpretation
Humor helps in recovery and fosters love, providing hope for the future.
In this quote, Andrew Solomon emphasizes the vital role of humor in navigating life's challenges. A strong sense of humor not only aids in personal recovery from difficulties but also serves as a crucial element that attracts love and affection from others. Maintaining a humorous outlook fosters resilience and nurtures relationships, ultimately instilling hope for better days ahead.
In practice
Using this quote to uplift someone's spirits in a difficult time.
Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.
I don't accept subtractive models of love, only additive ones. And I believe that in the same way we need species diversity to ensure that the planet can go on, so we need this diversity of affection and diversity of family in order to strengthen the ecosphere of kindness.
While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus.
I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.
Then I repeated these words to my spirits: 'Leave me be; give me peace; and let me do the work of my life. I will never forget you.' Something about that incantation was particularly appealing to me. 'I will never forget you'-- as though one had to address the pride of the spirits, as though one wanted them to feel good about being exorcised.
Some people are trapped by the belief that love comes in finite quantities, and that our kind of love exhausts the supply upon which they need to draw. I do not accept competitive models of love, only additive ones.
Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?
The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.
I never thought I was funny. I don't THINK funny.
When humor go's, there go's civilization.
Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.
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