"So what's this "sad" business mean, anyway? I mean, how of… - Brian Aldiss

"So what's this "sad" business mean, anyway? I mean, how often do you feel like doing it?'
'Sad? Oh, sadness is just happiness in reverse. We humans have to put up with it. Just being human is an awful burden to bear.'
'You keep on doing it? Is that why you feel compelled to collect all these old secondhand sunsets?"

Brian Aldiss

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About Brian Aldiss

Brian Wilson Aldiss (August 18, 1925 – August 19, 2017) was an English writer of general fiction and science fiction.

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Pen Names: Jael Cracken

Birth Name: Brian Wilson Aldiss

Alternative Names: Brian W. Aldiss • Dr. Peristyle • C. C. Shackleton

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Sadness is just happiness in reverse. We humans have to put up with it. Just being human is an awful burden to bear.

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In Mrs. Swinton's garden, it was always summer. The lovely almond trees stood about it in perpetual leaf. Monica Swinton plucked a saffron-colored rose and showed it to David.

Credeti că trăim în centrul universului. Eu vă spun că trăim în centrul curtii unei ferme. Poziția noastră este atat de obscură, încat nu vă puteți da seama cât este de obscură.

Whistling, Lily-yo directed her dumbler back up to the home branch. Nothing now could be done for Clat. It was the way.

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