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I've always liked Saturn. But I also have some sympathy for Pluto because I heard it's been downgraded from a planet, and I think it should remain a planet. Once you've given something planetary status it's kind of mean to take it away.

I like the contrast in making something that sounds sunny but also has an element of melancholy to it.

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a momentary joy followed instantly by sadness, and, then, of necessity, by wariness.

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.

One can't help but be a bit melancholy when you see how the world has changed, and I don't mean that nostalgically.