In other centuries (and in other lands), melancholy and longing were considered a natural part of the human condition. Now they are a moral failing, a way of signaling to the world that you’re a loser and a quitter.
Ok, this I have felt. I'm melancholy about 99% of the time, and expressing that to other people is consistently more difficult. I mean, most of us can't even answer "how are you?" truthfully. We are almost forced to lie.
