You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw around and have fun.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You can't always look at life as a miserable thing.
I don't want to read a book that's depressing.
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.
You've got to allow yourself the things you enjoy or you'll just be miserable.
When you're portraying a tough situation, you have to show some of the things in there.
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
As you get older you realise that nothing lasts forever. It's not depressing, but it does make moments more intense.
You see, I am trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across - not to just depict life - or criticize it - but to actually make it alive. So that when you have read something by me, you actually experience the thing. You can't do this without putting in the bad and the ugly as well as what is beautiful.
To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.
I always find the most depressing stuff most interesting.